Israel's Lost Escalation Dominance
** Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: “Our action is concluded unless the Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation. In that scenario, our response will be stronger and more powerful.”
** Multiple IRGC-affiliated Iranian outlets and Telegram channels report, "Iran has warned the US: if you target our refineries, we will set fire to the refineries and oil fields across the entire region, including those in Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, the UAE, and Bahrain."
And to think, all we had to do was to listen to John and Stephen 15 years ago and all of this would have most likely been avoided.
Iran, like any other self-preserving nation, can and should be expected to retaliate. That's a given. But they have also learned that only way to deal with the lunatic regime in Tel Aviv is to ratchet up the ante. You move, then I move bigger.