U.S. Intel: Iran Believes U.S. Unwilling To Fight But Iran Threat Is Real

U.S. Intel: Iran Believes U.S. Unwilling To Fight But Iran Threat Is Real
 
 U.S. Intel: Iran Believes U.S. Unwilling To Fight But Iran Threat Is Real

The threat from Iran has changed to become “more of a campaign” than previously, according to General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with a “perception that activity would try to be synchronized in time.”

 

 

U.S. Intel: Iran Believes U.S. Unwilling To Fight But Iran Threat Is Real
U.S. Intel: Iran Believes U.S. Unwilling To Fight But Iran Threat Is Real

 

Dunford told a Brookings Institution forum on May 29 that “we also saw in the intelligence there was a question about both the will and capability of the U.S. to respond… Malign activity and threats to our forces by the Iranians were not new, but a more widespread, almost campaign-like perspective for the Iranians is.”

On May 28, the chief of Iran’s IRGC had echoed this, claiming Iran has “experienced and defeated all of the enemy’s scenarios.” Salami added that “we have been able to shatter enemy psyops and dry up the enemy’s capacity for war… Iran’s reach is no more confined to within its borders; Iran is a robust power in the region… We have received so many threats that we are saturated.”

 

A day later, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that “Iran is prepared for the possibility of war with the United States, we hope that we can start a dialogue, but we are ready for war.” Araqchi also claimed “there are certain elements and people who are trying to push the United States to war with Iran for their own ends. However, we hope that wisdom will prevail in Washington,” adding that “such a conflict would be catastrophic for the entire Middle East.”

Araqchi’s comments were later updated, to deny that he had said he would welcome talks with the U.S. “As we have announced on repeated occasions,” he clarified, “there have been no direct or indirect talks with the U.S.”

 

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