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The support that Iran gives these groups—typically weapons, and advice on how to use them—doesn’t translate into the kind of power and control sponsors typically have over their proxies ...
In political science, a proxy war is an armed conflict where at least one of the belligerents is directed or supported by an external third-party power. In the term proxy war, a belligerent with external support is the proxy; both belligerents in a proxy war can be considered proxies if both are receiving foreign military aid from a third party country.
The Turkish government also alleged that Iran financed and trained the Kurdish Hezbollah, and accused Iran of planning to use the Kurdish Hezbollah against Turkey. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] In March 1993, after Abdullah Öcalan left Syria, the Turkish government accused Iran of organising a ceasefire between the Kurdish Hezbollah and PKK. [ 42 ]
The Iran-backed “axis of resistance” - a name Tehran and its proxies use for their concerted action against their enemies - all say their actions since Oct. 7 are in response to Israel’s ...
The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis: From CIA Coup to the Brink of War is a non-fiction book by former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Officer John Kiriakou and investigative journalist and historian Gareth Porter about America's behavior and actions during four decades with Iran. [1] The book was published by Simon & Schuster ...
Iran continues to send weapons and intelligence to proxy groups accused of killing three U.S. soldiers and attacking commercial ships, U.S. officials say.
The campaign was aimed at pressuring Iran to renegotiate the JCPOA, [2] adding more restrictions on Iran's nuclear program and expanding the scope of the agreement to cover Iran's ballistic missiles as well as other regional activities. [1] [3] This strategy was faced by Iran's counter pressure policy to thwart the U.S. maximum pressure campaign.
Vatanka's most recent book, The Battle of the Ayatollahs in Iran: The United States, Foreign Policy and Political Rivalry since 1979 was published by I.B. Tauris in 2021. [1] The book looks at key turning points in Iranian foreign policy since 1979 and demonstrates how often petty factional competition for power in Tehran has undermined Iranian ...