PNN – After Iran’s drone-missile response to the Zionist regime, it seems that the West Asian region has entered a new atmosphere and conditions; In this format, it seems that, in addition to increasing Iran’s regional deterrence power, this region will also enter a process of reducing tension and creating and restoring stability.
The Middle East is considered one of the most unstable strategic regions in the world; The Middle East, which in the 7 decades after the Second World War, has not passed a single decade without war. But the current Middle East can be considered a Middle East with elements and characteristics of chaos; The chaos that arose from the complex geopolitical and identity structure and decades of crisis.
Also, the events of October 7th showed that the geopolitical atmosphere of the Middle East is still in the bed of the components of ongoing systemic chaos and the regional security perspective is full of ambiguity and security equation. The aftermath of the Al-Aqsa storm was not a different process in the context of strategic changes in the region, because basically the Middle East has seen extensive geopolitical shocks during the 2010s and behind these shocks, chronic security crises had continued.
Al-Aqsa storm operation in Gaza and its surrounding occupied areas is a rare event in the history of Palestine. In addition to regional and extra-regional effects, this operation has features that can affect regional and international structure and order.
The Gaza war is one of the complex crises that, by being influenced by the macro structure of the international system and the regional structure, has also had a simple impact on the situation, trends and political-security and economic processes of the Middle East in a way that changes the perspective of the regional structure in the situation.
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The continuation of the war in Gaza and the attack by the Zionist regime on the consular section of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s embassy in Damascus caused the turbulent atmosphere of the Middle East to enter new conditions. The Zionist regime targeted the building of the Iranian consulate in Damascus with airstrikes. Based on this, the building of the Iranian consulate in Damascus was completely destroyed, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced in a statement that 7 Iranian military advisers were martyred.
After the action of the Zionist regime in attacking the Iranian embassy in Damascus, which is considered as a part of the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the inaction of the United Nations Security Council in condemning the Zionist regime, many high-ranking political and military officials of Iran announced that this attack will respond.
Two weeks after the terrorist attack of the Zionist regime on the consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the firing of dozens of drones and missiles towards the occupied territories and positions of the Zionist regime. This operation, which had characteristics such as strength and speed in relation to the geographical distance, while it was able to challenge Israel’s deterrence capabilities, it also revived Iran’s deterrence in the security environment.
Iran’s missile response to Israel, in addition to strengthening and reproducing Iran’s power in the security environment, also led to simple deterrence of Iran in the region. Previously, regional power formations had shaped the process of reproducing the power of the United States and the Zionist regime, but the Gaza war and Iran’s missile-drone response could limit this process.
Also, Iran’s missile response can be analyzed as a kind of victory in the war of wills; Before this, the Islamic Republic was trying to establish its strategic will in the security environment in a gradual process with the “strategic patience” strategy.
The missile-UAV response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Zionist regime was able to show Iran’s strategic will to deal with instability in the region.
The strategic perceptions of decision makers sometimes in a historical situation can show the strategic will of the country and also this strategic perception can affect the macro trends in a region. Iran’s missile-drone response to Israel can be considered as one of these strategic decisions that, in addition to winning the war of wills, was able to complete the process of deterrence, security and stability in Iran’s security environment.