It was necessary to rekindle the lighthouse in a strong way to attract attention, a simple battery of missiles launched from a truck towards one of the American bases located in Iraq. A base where it is easy not to make mistakes, or where irreversible damage is not done. A year after the last attack, Iran launched several missiles on Erbil military airport on Monday, killing a contractor and wounding 8 US troops. One way to tell the US and especially the newly elected president Biden, we are there and we are ready for any eventuality to defend Iran. At stake is the dossier of Nuclear Treaty signed in 2015 and not confirmed by Trump. The key point is precisely this, it is necessary to decide and do it quickly because the population in Tehran and at the end, suffers from the sanctions applied by the former head of the White House. Returning to the Nuclear Treaty could loosen the grip of sanctions thus freeing the Iranian economy which, like the world ones, is also suffering in addition to the health emergency from Covid-19.
Tehran welcomed the first openings of President Joe Biden, especially with the appointment of Robert Malley as special envoy, but did not like Washington's subsequent request to immediately stop uranium enrichment and the subsequent seizure of an oil tanker that had unloaded refined products in Venezuela. Another question is i Iranian funds blocked overseas that Tehran wants to bring back for the purchase of health products against coronavirus.
It was therefore necessary to be heard and the only direct way was to hit American interests and activate the pro-Iranian militias scattered around the world. First in Yemen, with a series of missile and drone attacks conducted by the Houthis that also hit the Saudi airport of Abha and damaged a civilian plane. And then the attack on the Erbil base.
The Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, although in favor of dialogue and the return of the agreement on nuclear power, said he was indignant. The victims could be many more and the allied contingents could also be involved, starting with Italian present in Erbil.
In the meantime, the production of uranium in the metallic state could increase next February 22 (blocked by a motion in parliament). French intelligence has raised the alarm: "Iran is closer to the bomb now than in 2015“, While Israeli intelligence claims it still takes two years. In the meantime, the pro-Turkish militias are also gaining ground in Iraq, which in the north are looking for PKK guerrillas, while the Ankara army is penetrating ever deeper into the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan, threatening raids even in Sinjar, a refuge for the Yazidis where some units of the PKK are based.
THE GOOD NEWS
The US agreed to sit at the table with Iran at the invitation of the EU. Biden also mandated his representative at the UN to proceed with activities to ease sanctions in Tehran.