Which country can strike Syria's Aleppo, Pakistan's Balochistan, Iraq's Erbil, supply the Yemeni Houthis with ballistic and anti-ship missiles, drones, anti-tank missiles, tens of thousands of rockets and precision missiles, supply Russia with drones, supply Iraqi Shiite militias with ballistic missiles, and supply Hezbollah with high-speed air defense systems all at once? It's easy to answer: Iran.
The current American administration has decided to release funds in favor of Tehran in an attempt to separate Iran from Russia, which is the source of all this war effort. This is a dramatic strategic error that the entire world, especially Israel and the European Union, has paid and will continue to pay for. The theocratic Iran's naturally combative stance has shifted in recent weeks, and the Revolutionary Guards have chosen to take direct action on several fronts, openly and shamelessly attacking the sovereignty of three neighboring nations.
The missile strike on Pakistan, a nuclear power in the area, deserves special attention since it was launched without hesitation, much like the attacks on Iraq and the separatist portion of Syria. The strike should be understood as an Iranian attempt to highlight Tehran's ambition for regional dominance, maybe even Tehran's aim of regional nuclear power, in addition to being interpreted as a targeted and timely move. The Iranian atomic bomb serves as a useful tool for the country's hegemonic objective rather than primarily as a deterrent in the long-term strategic project of the Ayatollahs.
Unlike the Cold War, the bomb of the Islamic Republic of Iran embraces a fanatical, irrational vision of religious imprint rather than a completely logical political vision. As stated by the political and religious leaders of the Islamic republic, the theocracy's goal is to destroy the state of Israel itself and make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for a military or externally driven regime to overthrow. This goal is rather than creating a new balance in the Middle East to end the Israeli nuclear monopoly.
It is a given that the primary goal of the Iranian Revolution's leaders is to acquire an atomic weapon as soon as possible. They will likely do this by taking advantage of every support available within their alliance systems, just as they did in the past with missile systems that were eerily similar to North Korea's. They will also likely try to buy themselves some time by destabilizing the Red Sea, the Gulf, Kurdistan, and, of course, Israel, in order to shock the world with an announcement that would permanently alter the Middle East and the entire Euro-Asian region.
When you hear about the Houthis, the Iraqi militias, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and Katahab Hezbollah in the coming days, you will need to consider Iran because all of these armed groups' actions are a result of Iranian directives or indications, and the extent of their attacks on Western interests is determined by these directives and Iranian indications. Until Tehran decides to use its atomic arsenal as a shield for all of these formations that are allied with Iran and enter the Middle Eastern region directly, with the main goal of eradicating Israel from the map of the world, and as soon as possible after seizing control of the major Islamic holy sites located on Saudi Arabian territory.
In actuality, the Houthis will be the army tasked with overthrowing the Saud kingdom and fulfilling the age-old wish of restoring the followers of the Son of Fatima to control over Medina and Mecca. They currently serve as militia responsible for policing the Strait of Bab El Mandeb.
The main goal of Shiite hegemony is not to destroy Israel; rather, it is only a means to the ultimate goal of the Tehran Theocracy, which is to seize control of the Islamic holy cities and, along with them, the actual hegemony over the Muslim world.