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Growing USA – Iran Tensions Increase the Volatility in the Persian Gulf Region
Growing USA – Iran Tensions Increase the Volatility in the Persian Gulf Region

Author(s): Adriana Sauliuc
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: Middle East; security; the Iranian nuclear crisis; Iran; USA;

Summary/Abstract: The blatant anti-Iran policy of the USA has brought major changes that haveprofoundly affected the Middle East. A space which, as a result of the events andincidents it has experienced in recent months, has become an extremely volatilearea, while Tehran’s dissatisfaction with the evolution of the JCPOA nuclearagreement raises fears in the European capitals regarding Iran’s resumptionof the nuclear programme and the return of the Iranian nuclear crisis on theinternational agenda. At the same time, the incidents in the Persian Gulf riskturning this space into a confrontation zone where oil tankers and drones aretargeted, increasing the tensions between the USA and Iran to a dangerouspoint.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 100-115
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English