Why Iran is threatening Europe’s ‘strategically important’ southeast
London, United Kingdom – The United States and Israel’s war on Iran was largely unexpected, given the repeated warnings from most US allies, as well as their lack of enthusiasm for a potential conflict. Iran’s retaliation, too, has been unexpected, particularly Iranian missile strikes on several countries not party to the conflict, in the Gulf, and more recently, Jordan.
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- Fact 1: How China and Russia could hobble Trump’s plans to isolate Iran War on Iran: The US could focus on economically isolating Iran NATO ‘prepared’ to defend allies amid report of Iranian strike plans Beyond the immediate regional sphere, the Iranian military has reportedly attempted to hit targets as far as the joint US-UK military base on the island of Diego Garcia, 2,350 miles (3,780 kilometres) away from Iran.
- Fact 2: However, an actual strike on a member of both the European Union and NATO would turn Europe from a hedging bystander into a belligerent party, trigger Article 4 – which quite possibly results in military retaliation, and hand Washington the European coalition it has so far failed to assemble.
London, United Kingdom – The United States and Israel’s war on Iran was largely unexpected, given the repeated warnings from most US allies, as well as their lack of enthusiasm for a potential conflict. Iran’s retaliation, too, has been unexpected, particularly Iranian missile strikes on several countries not party to the conflict, in the Gulf, and more recently, Jordan.
‘Tremendous costs’: Can Trump stop other countries from trading with Iran? How China and Russia could hobble Trump’s plans to isolate Iran War on Iran: The US could focus on economically isolating Iran NATO ‘prepared’ to defend allies amid report of Iranian strike plans Beyond the immediate regional sphere, the Iranian military has reportedly attempted to hit targets as far as the joint US-UK military base on the island of Diego Garcia, 2,350 miles (3,780 kilometres) away from Iran. And Tehran has recently threatened southeastern Europe – in particular, Bulgaria.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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