Climbing in the Middle East
The Middle East seems far away, but what is happening is already having consequences in Spain, in Europe.
In the last few hours there have been movements of pieces that further complicate the delicate chessboard in a region of the world that is key for stability and security as well as for the economy and international trade.
Daesh attack in Iran
The Daesh terrorists, the misnamed Islamic State, which for several years was strong in parts of Syria and Iraq, with its cruel and bloodthirsty caliphate that responded more to the personal economic interests of some and the political and strategic interests of others, has now reappeared in Iran.
ISIS claims responsibility for the attack in the Iranian city of Kerman, which killed at least 84 people during an event in memory of General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed four years ago by a US attack, when the architect of the deployment and external actions of the Al Quds Brigades of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was in Baghdad. It is not known whether senior military commanders or civilian leaders were among the victims.
The ayatollahs had blamed Israel and the US for this attack and now have to correct their position and make up for former confrontations with Daesh terrorists. Let's remember Sunnis more Salafist than anything else against Iranian Shiites, Persians, also with very radical interpretations that contributed to the defeat of Daesh in Syria and Iraq. Some see Daesh as responding to the external interests of third parties. The reality is that Iran has suffered a hard blow, its security is once again in question, and the precarious internal situation with constant protests in all the country's cities over the repression that caused, among many others, the death of the young Mahsa Amini for not wearing her veil properly, and subsequently over the shortage of food, medicine, electricity and petrol, is aggravated by the death of these civilians.
The timid response for the moment has come from the Houthi terrorists in Yemen with new attacks against merchant ships in the Red Sea area, despite having suffered the destruction of several of their vessels by attacks by the United States, which in Iraq has eliminated leaders of Islamic Jihad who were launching attacks against US military installations.
We complete, for the moment, with the game on a much more than convulsive chessboard with the launch of more than 60 missiles against Israel as Hezbollah's first response to Israel's heavy blow to Hamas with the death of its number two in Beirut. Tension escalates step by step. Beyond the major operation in Gaza, the exchange of blows between the actors involved is surgical but significant, especially for Iran.