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And yet they continued their overt weapons shipments despite israeli air and naval strikes.

Considering Iran is shipping the weapons to Syrian government openly, for the last thirty years, I don't see why they would need to go such circumvent route.

Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to resume ties in talks brokered by China Looks like China outmaneuvered State Department big time here.

Freedoming is not just direct military occupation. Missile and drone strikes, mercenaries, local freedom fighters that are totally not on CIA/SD payroll...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/06/iran-says-its-discovered-worlds-second-largest-lithium-deposit.html If this is true, the the chances of USA deciding to freedom the country just increased significantly.

Iran has been doing this kind of shit for a long time, their theocratic regime was kickstarted by taking entire American embassy hostage to facilitate exchange for the deposed shah. Funny thing about the recent Russia-USA exchange is that originally the arms dealer was supposed to be exchanged...

Ironically, Iran selling oil under the counter at reduced prices might have been lowering the global prices a bit, but now they will be selling the oil over the counter at full price, so while the news of eventual signing of the treaty might drive down the prices in short term, there will be no...

That's their problem. And honestly Saudis can always hire competent mercenaries for their top of the line USA gear, but I guess it's cheaper to just lobby for USA to do their bidding.

Israelis and Saudis can do that as well, no need for USA to do their work for them. So do Saudi Arabia and Quattar

You are mistaking Hezbollah for Hamas. And they didn't exactly support it, they ignored it as negligible threat in the beginning.

Also Khuzestan has significant Arab population, which while Shia, is generally regarded with suspicion. Also the province has something like half Iranian oil production, which past attracted economic migration to this region, increasing ethnic tensions there, meaning IRCG is more than happy to...

Not surprising, Afghanistan government is collapsing, with Hazare part of the country already cut off from Kabul, so they are reinforcing their proxies there to counter the Talibans.

Foreign workers, they have no religious rights.

Yeah, apostasy carries death penalty per Koran.

Or perhaps this was just a cunning plan to reset the clock, so they don't come out as dunces when the clock counter goes to zero and Israelis don't have the good grace to just lay down and die. Between the big shame and small shame they chose the small shame. For now.

Or it was just one of those industrial mishaps that happen occasionally, with Mossad using the chance to stoke their paranoia.

Iranian president has next to no real power, his job is basically to distract the foreign media away from the Supreme Leader.

Oh come on, you are constantly cheerleading for war with Iran, China and Russia, most common day dream of yours being the invasion of Iran, where for some reason China and Russia join in to defend it.

Because you crave one. There will be some local brushfires, but no world war/nuclear holocaust in the foreseeable future.

Usually these decisions include car crane.