Published on October 2, 2024 at 7:04 p.m. / Modified on October 2, 2024 at 7:06 p.m.
On Tuesday, the Islamic Republic of Iran used its most sophisticated weapons to attack Israel. By sending nearly 180 Fattahs, supersonic ballistic missiles with a range of 1,400 km capable of traveling at speeds of Mach 15, Tehran took a considerable strategic risk.
Strongly weakened by the elimination of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, Iran’s major regional strategic arm, the mullahs’ regime had only two bad choices: not react to Nasrallah’s death as it had not responded to the elimination, in Tehran, of Ismaïl Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas political bureau. This first option carried the risk of losing credibility with its regional allies (proxies), Hezbollah, the Shiite militias of Iraq and the Houthis. Or repeat the attack it carried out against Israel in April with 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120 ballistic missiles. He opted for the second.
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