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May 14, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1897548,00.html

Understanding Iran's Deterrence Doctrine

[TIME] Robert Baer and Hossein Bastani - Over the past five years, in public and in government documents, Iran's hard-liners have established a doctrine of deterrence that calls for a disproportionate response against the U.S. and Israel in the event of any attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, no matter how limited. The doctrine stipulates that anything less than a large-scale response would risk the credibility of the Iranian regime - and its survival. And importantly, it does not draw a distinction between Israel and the U.S., if for no other reason than Israeli jets have to fly across U.S.-controlled Iraqi airspace to hit Iran. Iran's deterrence doctrine is largely authored by the nation's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a wing of Iran's military charged with the protection of the regime.

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