Iran Speaks More Softly But Keeps Building Bigger Sticks
200 surface-to-air missile is diplayed during the annual Army Day military parade on April 18, 2014 in Tehran. Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images/ While Iran’s military has toned down its rhetoric about military capabilities and exercises, it continues a low-profile buildup of weapons in and near the Strait of Hormuz, according to a classified Pentagon assessment. “Iran’s military strategy is defensive” and designed to “deter an attack, survive an initial strike, retaliate against an aggressor and force a diplomatic solution” ...
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