Iran’s shadow is spreading, bringing a dark day for US interests

Iran's shadow is spreading, bringing a dark day for US interests
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By The Hill, Opinion: There is emerging in the Middle East, not a Shia Crescent, but actually an Iranian Shia encirclement from Iraq in the north to both the Persian Gulf and Red Sea waterways and Yemeni land area to the south, east and west.

The objective? To control the oil and gas resources of the Saudi peninsula, giving Iran enormous effectively blackmail leverage over the industrialized economies of the Western world, access to hundreds of billions in revenue, and consequently help establish Iran as the leading hegemonic power in the region.

Three strategies have been adopted by Iran to achieve this goal.

One, protect the Assad regime in Syria and establish a land bridge to the Mediterranean through Lebanon.

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