Iran Facing Its Most Severe Set Of Challenges – OpEd

By Yossi Mekelberg

Iran and the US are on the brink of a direct confrontation, and considering the American military buildup in the Gulf and the wider region, this could result in a much broader round of hostilities, ending in a regional escalation and possibly regime change. It may make the US military intervention in Iran last June in support of Israel appear a mere prelude to something much bigger.  Back then, the US carried out short and precise airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites.