Jennifer Parker
The U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran that began on Saturday is not a limited reprise of last year’s strike on Iran’s nuclear program. The objective now appears broader. Washington appears to be attempting something far more ambitious than its limited strike in June 2025. It is seeking to remove what it views as a persistent source of instability in the region: the regime of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the strikes on his compound.
It is a significant gamble. Whether it succeeds will not be clear for some time.
How did we get here, and what does it mean for Australia? The answer to both is complex. Much will be written in coming days about the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the 1983 bombing of U.S. Marines in Beirut, and the attack on USS Cole in Yemen in 2000. But the more relevant point is what Iran has represented strategically over the past two decades.
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