Reuters: Iran is pursuing a strategy of controlled escalation of tensions.

🔺️🔻Reuters: Iran is pursuing a strategy of controlled escalation of tensions. 🔹️Iran believes it can last longer in its confrontation with Washington by turning Middle Eastern trade routes, shipping lines, and energy infrastructure into pressure points that gradually increase the cost of confrontation. 🔹️Instead of striving for a decisive military victory, Tehran is following a strategy based on controlled escalation of tensions, the goal of which is to expand the scope of conflict without dragging it into a full-scale war. 🔹️Iran believes that by putting several maritime chokepoints and energy facilities at risk, it can strengthen its position in any future negotiations. ▫️Khabar Online