You know Iran¡¯s leaders are worried about the implications of the recent U.S. raid in Venezuela when the editor of the hard-line Javan newspaper feels he has to write a polemic ¡ª headlined ¡°Iran Is Not Comparable ¡ª Don¡¯t Waste Your Time,¡± saying there aren¡¯t any comparisons.
But whether the Islamic Republic is ripe to fall from an external U.S. or Israeli nudge is a much more complicated question.
These two deeply unpopular regimes have bonded over their hostility to the U.S. ever since the 1980s, and most recently in their common need to circumvent energy sanctions. It¡¯s possible that the smash-and-grab extraction of President Nicolas Maduro from Caracas to New York may have jeopardized yet another link in Tehran¡¯s rapidly shrinking web of alliances, together with a substantial financial investment.
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