IRGC Sends Commanders To Yemen's Houthi Areas, Supplies Intelligence, For Stepped
Reports indicate that Iran's IRGC is actively supporting Houthi forces in Yemen with intelligence, target lists, and strategic advice to escalate regional conflicts. This move is seen as part of a broader Iranian strategy to prepare for potential confrontation with Saudi Arabia and the US.
Why it matters
This escalation threatens regional stability in the Middle East and complicates international efforts to manage global energy security and maritime trade.
Iranian and Arab officials said Iran's hard-line leadership viewed the June memorandum as a likely attempt by the US and Israel to ease pressure on the global economy and buy time before a bigger attack. Rather than relying on the talks, the Wall Street Journal reports that Tehran used the two months following the agreement to prepare for an extended conflict, giving the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps greater control over the regular army, appointing hardened veterans of the Iran-Iraq war to key posts, expanding domestic counterintelligence, and ramping up missile and drone production.
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