With the US blockade on Iranian shipping and ports in force along the whole of the southern Iranian coastline, and the railway link to China through the border crossing point with Turkmenistan at Inche-Buren damaged, the route across the Caspian has become the only cargo route for heavy traffic which remains under Iranian sovereign control.
I wholeheartedly disagree with the US launching the Iran War but Ukraine more than any other country on earth has a direct reason to interdict Iranian supply shipments to russia.
They don’t, they have a right to attack all the russian ships they want, attacking another country’s ships isn’t right, you tell them to stop, you make a deal with them or you blockade the receiving ports, you don’t destroy their ships and call it justified
Mind you Iran has been under sanctions for a decade now and their GDP was halved at some point from it, i don’t see Iran striking shipments by other countries to the US or Israel or calling it justified, they blockade and they make it very clear publicly where and how long so other countries don’t get their ships destroyed for no reason
I don’t remember hearing any blockading of caspian sea, or warning or threats about a strike, i didn’t even know Ukraine had plans to expand the war to Iran, cmon man nothing about this strike was right, it would only make sense if it was coming from a non defensive side
Out of all times as well while they’re under attack by insane ethno state and a super power showing maps of power plants and water reservoir in Iran on their news channels and asking viewers where the next strike should be, dude not right now ukraine does not need this reputation
Well i said my take wishing you all the best but i wouldn’t condemn Iran for retaliating
Big “if a bully is mean go tell the teacher” vibes right here.
Fuck off. If someone is aiding someone attacking my people and catches a few fuckin strays seems like it’s their problem huh?
What you’re not understanding is something every other country including Iran understands.
When you sell military arms, tied to an unfolding conflict, you’re taking a risk.
What’s Iran going to do to Ukraine that Russia can’t/isn’t? Talk about completely empty threats.
And why are you so in love with an authoritarian theocracy?
You’re acting like a brute, what kind of arguments are this?
You guys are actually insane
Russia has the biggest territory on the planet how can you run out of places to strike, actually insane
You’re acting like a bozo. You think this is Civ or some shit
Sorry, but I don’t really understand the point you’re trying to make.
Do you think Iran actually poses any meaningful threat to Ukraine, especially given their current geopolitical situation? The US wrecked most of their Caspian Sea fleet a couple weeks ago, so this isn’t even the biggest thing that happened around there this month. They seem like they already have a bunch much more urgent things to focus on than this little event, and probably don’t need any more enemies.
And, don’t forget, Iran has been supplying weapons to Russia for years, which Russia has directly used to kill Ukrainian citizens. And they didn’t start selling these weapons until the war had already started, so they can’t claim to not know what they’re being used for. This strike was a long time coming, and it’s something Iran invited on itself.
Or was your issue when I asked why are you so interested in defending the authoritarian theocracy that currently controls Iran?