The US, Iran, and the fallout of Soleimani’s assassination

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    The US strategy towards Iran and Iraq may have changed, but the Iranian response will be more of the same. Much more.

    by Marwan Bishara
      Iranian guards hold a picture of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, during a protest against his killing, in front of the UN office in Tehran, on  January 3, 2020 [WANA/Nazanin Tabatabaee via Reuters]
      Iranian guards hold a picture of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, during a protest against his killing, in front of the UN office in Tehran, on January 3, 2020 [WANA/Nazanin Tabatabaee via Reuters]

      The assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has ushered in another turbulent decade for the Middle East. United States President Donald Trump‘s decision to greenlight the assassination of the head of the Quds Force, the paramilitary wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is for all practical purposes a “declaration of war” with far-reaching…

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