However, Tehran’s latest escalatory retaliation point towards significant alterations in its national security strategy. As Israeli incursions into Lebanese territory appear more than probable, Tehran has fewer tactical options, giving it no choice but to elevate its status as a nuclear state, raising the threshold of a possible regional war with
name echoed its first-ever
The code name echoed its first-ever direct attack on Israel, Operation True Promise, reflecting Tehran’s intent to consolidate, perhaps strengthen its position in (what appears to be) the long-drawn conflict, which elevated from intelligence-driven assassinations to tactical confrontation. Demonstrating its tactical capability and operational cap
of Resistance and its senior
On October 1, the world witnessed Iran launching its second direct attack against Israel, roughly after six months. Code-naming the attack as Operation True Promise 2, the assault was Tehran’s retaliation to the Israeli assassination of critical politico-military leadership of the Axis’ of Resistance and its senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard C