Iran’s Military Strategy & Power Projection – Drones, Proxies & Production under Sanctions

Iran friendly fire incident
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/11/iranian-navy-ship-hit-by-missile-in-fatal-friendly-fire-incident-in-gulf

IAEA head on Iran
https://www.reuters.com/world/world-must-not-fail-iran-it-did-north-korea-iaea-chief-says-2023-10-16/

Featured Times article on IRGC in Syria
https://time.com/90807/iran-syria-revolutionary-guard/

IAEA reporting on Iran (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iaea-reports-no-progress-iran-uranium-stock-enriched-60-grows-2023-09-04/

Iran missile test
https://apnews.com/article/iran-khorramshahr-ballistic-missile-nuclear-tensions-017382e19220700c618eeb51d0bd8b94

FP – Iran is filling Armenia’s power vacuum

Iran Is Filling Armenia’s Power Vacuum

Reporting on Saudi-Iran détente

Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement Has Failed to Bring De-escalation

Fakour images
https://irangeomil.blogspot.com/2018/07/analysis-fakour-air-to-air-missile.htmlv

French statement on Iran’s nuclear program
https://onu.delegfrance.org/we-remain-determined-that-iran-must-never-develop-a-nuclear-weapon-and-must

CRS Reports:
Iran and Nuclear Weapons Production
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12106

Iran’s Nuclear Program – compliance with international obligations
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/nuke/R40094.pdf

Iran’s Nuclear Program and U.N. Sanctions Reimposition
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11583

Michael Eisenstadt – IISS – Iran after Sanctions: Military Procurement and Force-Structure Decisions
https://www.iiss.org/globalassets/media-library—content–migration/images/comment/analysis/2017/december/3-eisenstadt2125.pdf

Michael Eisenstadt – Iranian military developments and trends
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/media/6362

Iran’s Foreign and Defence Policies
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R44017/80

Iran – Background and U.S. Policy
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47321

Shaan Shaikh – CSIS – Iranian missiles in Iraq
https://www.csis.org/analysis/iranian-missiles-iraq

CSIS – The Iranian and Houthi War against Saudi Arabia
https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/211221_Jones_IranianHouthi_SaudiArabia.pdf?VersionId=fn1d98tAhj7yOUr.IncppMueLOC4kv83

Reuters on Iran backing Iraqi militia
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/exclusive-tactical-shift-iran-grows-new-loyal-elite-among-iraqi-militias-2021-05-21/

Khamenei praising Basij
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-khamenei-praises-basij-forces-confronting-riots-tv-2022-11-26/

Reporting on the 2017 Iran political rift
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/22/rift-between-irans-ayatollah-and-re-elected-president-widens

UK House of Commons Briefing on Iran’s nuclear program
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9870/

IranM2 data
https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/iran/money-supply-m2

Included article on sanctions sunset
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/18/politics/us-sanctions-iran-jcpoa-transition-day/index.html

Included article on Iran drone production
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/us-says-iran-becoming-a-drone-leader-as-russia-uses-its-craft-in-ukraine

Source on included F-4 image
https://www.key.aero/article/how-does-iran-manage-keep-its-ageing-f-4-phantom-iis-flying

Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply.
In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes only.

Timestamps
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:26 — What Am I Talking About?
00:02:04 — History
00:09:24 — Position And Strategy
00:16:25 — The Force
00:28:47 — The Proxies
00:38:22 — Economy And Defence Production
00:49:40 — Production And Sanctions Busting
00:57:37 — Missiles And Drones
01:10:34 — Conclusion
01:11:30 — Channel Update
Credit to : Perun

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