Iran is using Kuwait as ‘an example’ of what it can do in retaliation: Analysis | TheBriefWire
Iran is using Kuwait as ‘an example’ of what it can do in retaliation: Analysis
Published 18 July 2026 · world
Within Iran, there is “a gradual lack of feeling that any kind of restraint is going to be beneficial to negotiations”, Roxane Farmanfarmian, a professor
Within Iran, there is “a gradual lack of feeling that any kind of restraint is going to be beneficial to negotiations”, Roxane Farmanfarmian, a professor of Middle East politics at the University of Cambridge, tells Al Jazeera.
“I think we’re seeing from the op-eds that we’re reading in Iran’s newspapers and media, that there is a hardening generally in feeling that Iran needs to hit hard, to sustain and show endurance, but also to affect American ability to maintain too much of a time on this war.
Meanwhile, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, director of the Center for Middle East and Global Order think-tank and author of “Iran in an Emerging New World Order”, joins Al Jazeera live from Berlin to discuss Iran’s position and regional implications.
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Published: July 19, 2026 • 1:36 AM IST · Updated: July 19, 2026 • 2:09 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Within Iran, there is “a gradual lack of feeling that any kind of restraint is going to be beneficial to negotiations”, Roxane Farmanfarmian, a professor of Middle East politics at the University of Cambridge, tells Al Jazeera.
“I think we’re seeing from the op-eds that we’re reading in Iran’s newspapers and media, that there is a hardening generally in feeling that Iran needs to hit hard, to sustain and show endurance, but also to affect American ability to maintain too much of a time on this war.
Meanwhile, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, director of the Center for Middle East and Global Order think-tank and author of “Iran in an Emerging New World Order”, joins Al Jazeera live from Berlin to discuss Iran’s position and regional implications.
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