Targets in the Gulf and ground raids: The Iranian plan to expand the war | Report

Arab intelligence has identified evidence of Iranian preparations to expand the war in the region. Iran's leadership is promoting offensive actions on the territory of enemy states. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has sent advisors to Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon to coordinate attacks. Iran has threatened Gulf states with the destruction of energy facilities in the event of an attack, and the Iranian plan includes the possibility of ground activity inside Kuwaiti territory.

Iran is preparing to expand the regional campaign with the goal of making the United States pay a heavy price — this is according to evidence revealed by Arab intelligence sources and reported in the Wall Street Journal. The intelligence picture, based among other things on intercepted communications between Tehran and militias in Yemen and Iraq, points to a strategic shift in the Iranian leadership and a growing willingness to carry out offensive operations deep within enemy territory, with the goal of creating deterrence.

"The goal is to make Donald Trump pay a heavy price," sources indicate.

Iran's operational plans in the Middle East

Advisors and commanders from the IRGC have been sent to Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon to coordinate plans for a large-scale confrontation. In Yemen, missiles, naval weapons, and drone launchers have been positioned in locations overlooking shipping lanes in the Red Sea. Iran has provided militias with detailed target lists including ports and strategic energy facilities in Saudi Arabia.

Combat and ground raid options

Iran is examining the possibility of carrying out ground operations inside Kuwait, among other ways through southern Iraq. In early May, six IRGC personnel were arrested after landing with a fishing boat on an island belonging to Kuwait. The plans include deliberate sabotage of underwater internet cables passing through the Persian Gulf. In Tehran, they are also planning to encourage political unrest among Shiite communities in countries like Bahrain and Kuwait.

Reorganization of the military command

Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has appointed 7 key security personnel to leadership positions in order to tighten the chain of command that was severely damaged in recent US and Israeli operations:

1. Ahmad Vahidi was appointed commander of the IRGC with a directive to carry out powerful offensive actions.

2. Ali Abdollahi was appointed to coordinate the IRGC's influence on the regular army under a unified command.

3. Mohsen Rezaee was appointed secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and is leading a hard line against the West.

General Mohammad Reza Naqdi stated that the IRGC must be prepared to move activity to enemy territory. Advisors in Iran estimate that the next stage will include a transition to unconventional warfare and attempts to encourage internal unrest.