Why the Biden Administration Downplays Iran’s Aggression
In recent months, the Islamic Republic has launched multiple missile and drone attacks on American allies.
May 12, 2022
Why the Biden Administration Downplays Iran’s Aggression
In recent months, the Islamic Republic has launched multiple missile and drone attacks on American allies.
Over the past six months, Michael Doran writes, Iranian operatives have “actively pursued plans to assassinate the former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, the former Iran envoy Brian Hook, and the former national security advisor John Bolton.” When, in the course of nuclear negotiations in Vienna, the Biden team asked Iranian diplomats to end these attempts, they refused. Tehran has also directly attacked American forces in Syria, and launched multiple attacks on American allies, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Doran seeks to explain why the Biden administration has consistently played down these and other overt provocations.
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