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“They are no longer politically isolated. There are no crippling sanctions and they do not feel there is any military threat whatsoever. They’ve succeeded in gaining hegemony, not only in Tehran, but Baghdad, Damascus, in Lebanon, and in Yemen, challenging Western interests in the region…The Iranian aspiration is to dominate the region.”

(Former Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Iranian regional ambitions, 23/11/16)