Commentator Sraya Harush said Sunday that Iran's goal in the current US strikes is to punish countries cooperating with the US, forcing them to ask Washington to ease pressure on Iran. He added that Iran avoids attacking Israel because Israel would not ask the US to stop but would encourage continued strikes, a deterrent concern.
Commentator Sraya Harush offered an analytical perspective on Iran's strategic calculus in the current US-Iran confrontation. In a statement circulated Sunday, Harush said Tehran's primary objective in striking targets in the Middle East is to punish regional states that are cooperating with the United States, thereby pressuring those governments to urge Washington to reduce its military pressure on Iran.
Harush drew a contrast between how Iran treats Gulf allies and how it treats Israel. He asserted that Iran refrains from attacking Israel directly because it knows Israel would not ask the US to halt its strikes — instead, Israel would encourage continued American operations. This, he said, is a deterrent factor that leads Iran to avoid targeting Israel.
The claim comes as the US military continues its multi-wave operation against air defense, radar, and drone command-and-control sites in Iran, and as Iran has reportedly retaliated by striking Bahrain and Jordan. The Zioneer has previously covered analyst assessments of the campaign, including views that the strikes are intended to pressure Tehran into a nuclear agreement and that Iran is deliberately avoiding a direct confrontation with Israel.
Harush's analysis is a single-source opinion and has not been independently corroborated.
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