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Iran Is Trying to Punish Jordan for Helping Israel
(Ha'aretz) Ahmad Sharawi - Jordan earned the gratitude of Israel and the U.S. for intercepting Iranian drones on April 13, but Amman is now facing explicit threats from Tehran. Fars News Agency, linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, announced, "Our armed forces are closely monitoring Jordan's movements during the operation to discipline the Zionist entity." Jordan's King Abdullah II sought to frame the operation as completely unrelated to protecting Israel. As the king faces domestic upheaval because of the war in Gaza, Tehran has stoked this unrest through both propaganda and proxy forces, including increasing trafficking of weapons and narcotics. Jordan is especially enticing for Iranian intervention, since a foothold in Jordan - replicating Tehran's model in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon - could serve as a direct gateway to Israel. The writer is a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.