WorldAnalysis: Iran is using Kuwait as ‘an example’ of what it can do in retaliation

Roxane Farmanfarmian, a professor of Middle East politics at the University of Cambridge, says sentiment inside Iran is gradually shifting away from the belief that restraint will help negotiations. She points to opinion articles in Iranian newspapers and media as evidence of a broader hardening. Iran, she says, appears determined to strike hard, demonstrate endurance and weaken America’s ability to sustain its efforts for too long. Kuwait is being used as an “example” of Iran’s retaliatory capacity.