MITSOTAKIS: Iran’s Regime Broadcasts Its Intentions (Yet Many Refuse To Listen)

Whenever Iran commits a terrorist attack, the regime can always rely on its defenders — America-haters and conspiracy nuts on both the Left and Right — to pretend otherwise. Yet all one needs to do is pay attention to the regime’s words and its intentions and culpability become clear.

In the case of the latest attacks in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian terrorist leaders literally announced they were going to carry out these attacks weeks in advance. As reported in The Wall Street Journal: “After the Trump administration tightened a ban on Tehran’s oil exports in May, Iranian officials have warned transit through the [Strait of Hormuz] was at risk. ‘If Iran does not enjoy peace and stability, the rest of the region won’t enjoy peace and stability,’ … Gholam Rashid, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ unified central command, told Parliament on May 25. ‘That includes the export of oil.'”