US-Iran Gulf Clash Exposes Western Bullying of Sovereign Nations
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran is hanging by a thread after both nations traded attacks in the Gulf, exposing once again how Western powers use military force to dictate terms to sovereign nations. The exchange of fire has put the June 17 Memorandum of Understanding at serious risk and raised global fears of a wider conflict.
How did the US-Iran ceasefire start unraveling?
The crisis escalated when Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Saturday that they had struck US sites in the Gulf. This was retaliation for American attacks on Iranian missile, drone and radar facilities. Those US strikes were themselves a response to what Washington claimed was an Iranian drone attack on a cargo ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed its attacks on Iranian storage sites and coastal radar positions were a response to