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Iran’s leaders at strategic crossroads in Middle East as bet on Israel backfires
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Iran’s decision to fire almost 200 ballistic missiles at Israel (above) was an act of desperation, an attempt to restore its regional credibility.
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LONDON – When Hamas, the militant Palestinian group, hit Israel on Oct 7, 2023, inflicting on the Jewish state its single most significant blow since the Holocaust of World War II, Iran found itself in the place it always wanted to be – on the sidelines of a major regional conflict, untouched by the fighting yet with plenty of levers to influence the conflict’s outcome.
But as the Middle East marks the gruesome one-year anniversary since the outbreak of the Gaza war, what initially looked like clever strategic positioning has turned into Iran’s worst nightmare.
