1st Edition

Iran’s Networks of Influence in the Middle East

224 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Tehran’s ability to fight by, with and through third parties in foreign jurisdictions has become a valuable and effective sovereign capability that gives Iran strategic advantage in the region. Tehran has possessed a form of this capability since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, but its potency and significance have risen sharply in the past decade, to the point where it has brought Iran more... Read more

Introduction

1. Tehran’s Strategic Intent

2. Lebanese Hizbullah 

3. Syria

4. Iraq

5. Yemen

6. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

Conclusion

Appendices:

Key Individuals

Iran Backed Militias

Order Organising the Syrian Local Defence Forces

Biography

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