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Voices from the Arab press: Iranian calamities, Netanyahu's rule, and state legitimacy

From Jerusalem Post · () English

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Analysis Named sources Context piece
  • Iran is reportedly engaging in "suicidal measures" by disrupting global trade routes and increasing regional hostility due to a new, dangerous threat.
  • The Iranian regime faces a significant plan that could dismantle its power, weaken its proxies, and undermine its influence in the Arab world.
  • Analysts suggest Iran's actions stem from a loss of its strongest card, Hezbollah's inability to achieve gains against Israel, pushing Iran to desperate measures to regain balance.

The Iranian regime is reportedly resorting to "suicidal measures" amid a dangerous new threat that could dismantle its regional power, according to an analysis in Lebanon's Nida Al-Watan.

Despair now governs the behavior of an Iran unable to restrain the blows being dealt to it by the American “Great Satan.”

— Nida Al-WatanThe Lebanese publication describes Iran's current state of behavior as driven by despair in response to perceived actions by the United States.

The publication suggests Iran's actions, including tampering with vital maritime passages and increasing hostility, are driven by a plan that could sever its regional proxies and undermine its influence. This threat is described as unlike anything the regime has faced before, potentially dismantling the pillars of its power.

Should that plan reach its conclusion, it could dismantle the pillars of Iran’s power, sever the limbs of its regional proxies, clip the wings that have enabled it to manipulate the Arab world, and undermine the foundations of its influence over a state it controls through repression, arrests, and executions.

— Nida Al-WatanThe article outlines the potential severe consequences for Iran if a new, dangerous plan against the regime reaches its objective.

Analysts believe this situation is exacerbated by Iran's loss of its strongest asset: Hezbollah's inability to register any significant achievements against Israel. This perceived defeat has pushed Iran to cross red lines in an attempt to regain balance and maintain a facade of strength both domestically and internationally.

Perhaps it is this relatively new threat that is driving the regime toward suicidal measures at this particular moment, whether by destabilizing the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait or by inviting even greater hostility from its regional surroundings.

— Nida Al-WatanThe publication suggests that a new threat is compelling Iran to take extreme, potentially self-destructive actions.

The analysis posits that Iran's strategy oscillates between a "drowning" mentality and a "after me, the flood" approach. It suggests that Iran's current actions are a response to an American president employing methods that, while appearing random, are effectively moving regional pieces with "shocks that strike without mercy." This has disrupted Iran's traditional skill of weaving crises into gains and unsettled its management of both war and negotiation.

Its calculation oscillates between “I am already drowning, so why fear getting wet?” and “After me, the flood.”

— Nida Al-WatanThe analysis characterizes Iran's strategic thinking as a desperate gamble, willing to risk further damage.
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