Canada must keep up the pressure on Tehran, and encourage allies to do likewise
While Iran has predictably denied all knowledge and responsibility for these attacks, in reality, it benefits significantly from plausible deniability. By attacking foreign vessels, either with drones or by using digital warfare, Iran’s regime simultaneously is able to intimidate neighbouring countries across the Middle East, while also denying it had any involvement.
An Israeli-owned ship, the MV Helios Ray, was hit by an explosion in the Gulf of Oman in February 2021 that left holes in both sides of the vessel’s hull.These developments would be dangerous under any circumstances, especially in the tinderbox that is the Middle East, but the present attacks make Iran’s likely agenda all the more worrying.
After the JCPOA was signed and international sanctions were eased, Iran’s economy — which had suffered from years of decline — grew nearly 13 per cent in a year,This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.While Iran’s treasuries benefitted enormously from the nuclear deal, intelligence agencies reported that the country did not scale back its nuclear activities as it had promised to do, leading the United States toNow, U.S.
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