TRIBUNE: Geopolitics of Crisis Creation: The Mullah Regime as the Heartland of Instability

The French and European initiative to recognize the Palestinian State is a decisive step in defusing one of the major geopolitical drivers of tension in the Middle East. Since its inception, the Islamic Republic of Iran has instrumentalized crises to advance its agenda. Hamid Enayat, a political scientist and specialist in Iran who collaborates with the Iranian democratic opposition (CNRI), provides an analysis of the situation in Iran. He points out the regime’s strategy of fueling instability not only within Iran but also regionally, turning it into a ‘heartland’ of crises.