After Suleimani, Iran will hit back hard – possibly on multiple fronts
After Suleimani, Iran will hit back hard – possibly on multiple fronts
Iran has military, covert and diplomatic options. And this new phase of the confrontation could quickly get out of handOn the outskirts of Tehran, vast cemeteries serve as a grim reminder of the high price Iran paid during its 1980-88 war with Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of young Iranians fought and died in a horrific struggle against Saddam Hussein’s invasion forces, which were armed by the US. Among those Iranian soldiers who survived was Qassem Suleimani.The war, by all accounts, was a formative experience for the man who would later rise to a dominant position in Iran’s military, security and intelligence establishment. Suleimani’s loyalty to Iran’s revolutionary regime, which seized pow...