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Israel Was Behind Attacks on Major Gas Pipelines in Iran, Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This puts Iran in a bad position. If they respond, theres a risk burguersam will come to back israel and things escalate completely out of control; if they dont, this opens the gates for further, worse agressions against them

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 9 months ago

I expect they will respond, but not in a symmetric way. For example, I think it's very likely we'll see attacks on Israel by one of the groups aligned with Iran. The worst case scenario for Iran would be an open war with US, and for that to happen Iran needs to be painted as the aggressor. I imagine Iranian leadership is smart enough not to take the bait here.