Iran is not as dependent on desal like the Arab states are. They use a lot of dams and wells
So you’d have to see if they have any desal plants in the strait and how significant it is in terms of water usage.
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the ppl currently in power, the IRGC, is facing total annihilation. you cannot make any further credible threats after that.
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The Israelis have already attacked Iranian desalination plants several days ago. Iran is escalating but they are the ones being attacked first, the attack on the oil storage in Tehran was a masssive escalation that happened days ago. This is very different to the 12 day war last year as there wasn’t nearly as much escalation that time and Trump was trying to stop an all out war, this time the Israelis are really trying to damage Iranian infrastructure and the main way for Iran to ‘win’ the war is by attacking economic targets and closing the straits to oil tankers.
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The Islamic Republic is fighting for its very survival. If they do not deter Israel and the US from airstrikes through massive economic pain from the oil blockade, then the US and Israel can airstrike the president, the supreme leader, and whoever they want at will.
You also have to keep in mind Iran is a theocratic totalitarian regime which doesn’t care about its own people very much. Iran’s clerics massacred 30,000 of their own people only a few months ago because they were protesting.
The reason they are risking attacks on their desalination plants is simple, they (or at the very least the leaders) have nothing to lose. If they don’t bet the house on this blockade, they die anyway.
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In short term, and very short term(a few months) the Arabs states are more dependent on their desalination plants. So if the US/Israel attack Iran’s that only means the Arabs will suffer more.
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About 3% of Irans water comes from desal compared to 50-90% for the gulf states. Meanwhile 80% of Israel’s water comes from desal.
When it comes to attacking desalination plants Iran holds all the advantage.
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What risk is Iran taking exactly? They were attacked by two of the most powerful militaries on the planet that have nuclear arms. What was their alternative besides letting the United States overthrow their government and choose a leader?
Israel explicitly wants Iran out of the picture so that they can continuously carry out wars against all of their neighbors to seize Greater Israel and give the state the biblical maps. Christian Evangelicals in our government are a doomsday cult who want Israel to achieve a biblical prophesy that depends on them getting greater Israel. This is a war for geopolitical control of a region to secure a doomsday cult’s objectives, Iran isn’t dealing with rational actors to begin with.
Iran also does not have the same water stress as the rest of the region, they are actually quite low compared to the Gulf Cooperation Council.
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They know they’ve lost and this is their last push and if they can’t have iran they will take anyone including citizens out with the
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Iran is not as dependent on desal like the Arab states are. They use a lot of dams and wells
So you’d have to see if they have any desal plants in the strait and how significant it is in terms of water usage.
the ppl currently in power, the IRGC, is facing total annihilation. you cannot make any further credible threats after that.
The Israelis have already attacked Iranian desalination plants several days ago. Iran is escalating but they are the ones being attacked first, the attack on the oil storage in Tehran was a masssive escalation that happened days ago. This is very different to the 12 day war last year as there wasn’t nearly as much escalation that time and Trump was trying to stop an all out war, this time the Israelis are really trying to damage Iranian infrastructure and the main way for Iran to ‘win’ the war is by attacking economic targets and closing the straits to oil tankers.
The Islamic Republic is fighting for its very survival. If they do not deter Israel and the US from airstrikes through massive economic pain from the oil blockade, then the US and Israel can airstrike the president, the supreme leader, and whoever they want at will.
You also have to keep in mind Iran is a theocratic totalitarian regime which doesn’t care about its own people very much. Iran’s clerics massacred 30,000 of their own people only a few months ago because they were protesting.
The reason they are risking attacks on their desalination plants is simple, they (or at the very least the leaders) have nothing to lose. If they don’t bet the house on this blockade, they die anyway.
In short term, and very short term(a few months) the Arabs states are more dependent on their desalination plants. So if the US/Israel attack Iran’s that only means the Arabs will suffer more.
About 3% of Irans water comes from desal compared to 50-90% for the gulf states. Meanwhile 80% of Israel’s water comes from desal.
When it comes to attacking desalination plants Iran holds all the advantage.
What risk is Iran taking exactly? They were attacked by two of the most powerful militaries on the planet that have nuclear arms. What was their alternative besides letting the United States overthrow their government and choose a leader?
Israel explicitly wants Iran out of the picture so that they can continuously carry out wars against all of their neighbors to seize Greater Israel and give the state the biblical maps. Christian Evangelicals in our government are a doomsday cult who want Israel to achieve a biblical prophesy that depends on them getting greater Israel. This is a war for geopolitical control of a region to secure a doomsday cult’s objectives, Iran isn’t dealing with rational actors to begin with.
Iran also does not have the same water stress as the rest of the region, they are actually quite low compared to the Gulf Cooperation Council.
They know they’ve lost and this is their last push and if they can’t have iran they will take anyone including citizens out with the