From the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi army and the Gulf War, to 9/11 and the temporary fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by the U.S., and the invasion of Iraq leading to the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, handing Iraq over on a silver platter to the Quds Force and its organized networks, the Iranian regime has been the strategic winner of these events.

Iraq, due to its geopolitical location, its shared 1,400 km border with Iran, and its over 60% Shia population, as well as being home to the shrines of eight Shia Imams, including Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam and the focal point for millions of Shia pilgrims each year, became the cornerstone of the Iranian regime’s strategy for exporting crises and terrorism under the guise of exporting the revolution.

The fall of the Ba’ath government and the weakening of national forces in Iraq, alongside the disarmament and forced relocation of the Iranian opposition movement stationed near the Iran-Iraq border, paved the way for Iran’s strategic influence to spread in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Yemen. The policy of appeasement further solidified and strengthened this influence.

The Iranian regime, with its policy of suppressing a dissatisfied Iranian society and exporting the revolution (Islamic reactionary), founded the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) to ensure its survival. With the creation of proxy groups and its pursuit of nuclear weapons to guarantee its longevity, it has........

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