Dr. Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Foreign and Security Affairs, assesses that Iran deliberately escalated at this moment to coincide with the NATO summit and the supreme leader's funeral, aiming to collapse the emerging US-Iran agreement and put the Trump administration in crisis. Diker warns that Iran may expand attacks against US bases and oil tankers to pressure American energy prices before the midterm elections.
Dr. Dan Diker, a prominent Israeli analyst focusing on US-Israel relations and security policy, said in an interview on Sunday that Iran's decision to re-escalate the current confrontation is a calculated move timed to coincide with the NATO summit and the funeral of the late Supreme Leader. Diker argues the goal is to torpedo the emerging Memorandum of Understanding between Washington and Tehran, which had reportedly made progress in recent days.
According to Diker, Iran is seeking to undermine President Trump ahead of the midterm elections by targeting US interests and energy prices — specifically through attacks on American bases and oil tankers in the Gulf. He noted that the escalation may backfire on Tehran by providing Gulf states with justification to join the campaign alongside Israel and the United States. "Iran gave the Gulf states the justification to join the campaign," Diker said. "We may be approaching an 'all-in' situation where Israel, the US, and regional allies act together against the Iranian regime."
As The Zioneer reported on June 14, US-Iran MOU talks had accelerated sharply after an Israeli strike on Dahiyeh. Diker's assessment aligns with a broader analysis published by the Jerusalem Center, but he emphasizes that the current escalation was deliberately engineered by Iran rather than being a mere reaction.
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