Iran war live: Tehran warns neighbours against joining US economic war

Hamidreza Azizi, a researcher on Iran at the Clingendael Institute, says Iran’s military doctrine is changing, with a growing focus on deterring threats to the country earlier.Azizi, who also writes the Substack Iran-analytica" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="191325" data-entity-type="organization">Iran Analytica, says the “failure” of Iran’s previous deterrence model to prevent repeated US and Israeli attacks has prompted the country to rethink how it deters future attacks, with a focus on earlier deterrence emerging.“Tehran appears to be trying to establish deterrence at an earlier stage, by signaling that even preparations for an attack could trigger an Iranian response,” Azizi wrote in a post on X.Two elements in the new “offensive doctrine” are emerging, Azizi said: preemption, which is aimed at preventing a perceived threat from materialising; and disproportionate retaliation, which is aimed at raising the cost of any attack that does occur.Iran’s warning against Gulf states joining the US’s economic war against the country is “essentially an ultimatum” to the Gulf states, he said, adding that Iran’s military-security establishment “is increasingly preparing for another round of escalation”.Here’s the full post:This content is unavailable due to your cookie settings.To continue, please allow functional cookies from third-party platforms.