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Iran's waiting game in the Gulf
[Ynet] Tehran's strategy to promote fear of a world recession in the event of a war has so far backfired and their hopes of returning to nuclear negotiations from a position of strength has also been suspended, but some gains for the Islamic Theocratic Republic could pose dangers down the line for the West.

Since war is inadvisable and unlikely, Iran's position - unless and until it brings about a change in the U.S. sanctions - is to wait it out with the hope that the 2020 elections will seat a new American president.
The conflict in the Strait of Hormuz is as much of a battle of minds as it is a physical battle between Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
on the one hand and the United States, Europe
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-23
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