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Online citizenship – Political group: With the vulnerability of the Western axis becoming more visible in the face of Iran and the resistance front, we are witnessing a new wave of Western-American analysts’ prescriptions coming from mostly American think tanks and proposing strategies aimed at “containment of Iran” to the decision makers of the White House.

One of these analysts, Zalmi Khalilzad, is one of the well-known American figures in the region. He, who was born in Afghanistan and has worked for many years in positions such as “US Representative to the United Nations”, “US Special Envoy to Afghanistan”, “US Ambassador to Afghanistan” and also “US Ambassador to Iraq”, believes that the current situation in Washington and Tel Aviv versus the Islamic Republic is only part of a bigger challenge for them.

Khalilzad, in an analysis published by the website of the “National Interest” think tank, which is close to American conservative circles, believes that while America and Israel are waiting for Iran’s “significant response” to the Zionist regime’s terrorist attack on the Islamic Republic’s consulate in Damascus, Iran has accelerated its efforts to realize its “long-standing goal”, which is to develop its regional power and influence.

Emphasizing that the epitome of this part of Iran’s efforts is Tehran’s current pressure for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq and Syria, he continues: “The pro-Iranian parties in Iraq can use Al-Sudani, the Iraqi Prime Minister, to force Washington to present a timetable for the withdrawal.” put the entire American army under pressure from this country”.

Instructions for Iraqi authorities

Khalilzad, referring to the meetings of the Iraqi Prime Minister with the American President in the coming days (April 15 / 27 Farvardin), believes: “Al-Sudani has already announced that he wants to focus on the issue of the withdrawal of the United States from Iraq in this meeting.” Iran knows that the withdrawal of the United States from Iraq will also destabilize the American military presence in Syria.

By putting forward this illusory and of course repeated claim that “the withdrawal of the United States from Iraq will strengthen Iran’s control over this country”, he states that “if Sudanese does not insist on determining the timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, he is in danger of losing His job is placed, while it seems that he is determined to keep his position.

Although he believes that Al-Sudani is determined to insist on the withdrawal of the Americans from Iraq, the former representative of the United States in the United Nations claims: “The continued presence of American forces in Iraq is a great obstacle to one of the regional strategic goals of the Iranian regime: to dominate the Fertile Crescent. Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestinian territories. Tehran’s goal is to create a continuous and unobstructed land corridor to the Mediterranean Sea.

Recommendations to deal with Iran’s growing power

Emphasizing that “it is vital that we review our policy and situation and make the necessary reforms to effectively prevent Iran’s threat”, Khalilzad recommends four key strategies to American decision-makers in dealing with Iran:

First: First, we must strengthen our deterrence against Iran. Responding to proxy forces of the Islamic Republic is not enough. We only give Tehran time to test its weapons and operational plans. This also imposes significant costs on us.

Second: We must clearly tell Iran that the resumption of proxy attacks will lead to the strengthening of US sanctions similar to those imposed during the Trump administration.

Third: We should increase our political pressure on the Islamic Republic by focusing on Iran’s vulnerabilities and internal grievances.

Fourth: With a serious return to the Indo-Pacific, we must encourage countries in the region to strengthen their military capabilities and cooperate to counter Tehran’s continued efforts to strengthen its power. Two critical issues in this direction are the normalization of Saudi-Israeli relations and the strengthening of the US-Saudi mutual defense treaty.