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Iran aided Syria in their crackdown of the Syrian revolution, [245] and eventually sent troops to support the government. [246] [247] Iran uses Hezbollah as a proxy within Syria, using them to attack enemies such as Israel, [248] Turkey, [249] and rebels. [250]
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 ...
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 ...
In March 2021, the National Intelligence Council released a report that found Russia and Iran carried out operations to influence the 2020 election. [7] A declassified U.S. intelligence report released in December 2023 found with "high confidence" that a "diverse and growing group of foreign actors" including China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba had all interfered in the 2022 midterms with influence ...
On June 27, Iran moved its Shihab-3 ballistic missiles into launch positions within striking range of the Israeli nuclear reactor at Dimona. [126] On April 15, the Israeli Arrow 2 anti-ballistic missile system successfully intercepted a simulated Iranian Shihab-3 medium-range ballistic missile.
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.
Iran was accused of supporting the Taliban during the war in Afghanistan. [119] [120] Ali Akbar Velayati [121] and Hassan Kazemi Qomi [122] claim that the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is also part of Iran's Axis of Resistance. However, commander of the Quds Force Esmail Qaani believes the Taliban government was "no friend of Iran ...
Hamas receives funding for weapons from Iran, but Hezbollah is more like an arm of the Iranian government and has a much greater military capacity than Hamas. It has 150,000 rockets and is more ...