On February 23, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense Program Joe Costa was quoted in an article from NBC News on Iran’s retaliatory responses to possible US strikes. Costa warns that if the threat becomes existential for the Iranian regime, Iran’s response would be more aggressive.
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