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Iran Seeks Safest Revenge Against Israel for Minimum Cost and Maximum Benefit
(MEMRI) A. Savyon and N. Katirachi - Tehran may not launch hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel as it did in April because it fears a harsh Israeli response. Instead, it favors vengeance by means of its proxies, while extracting as much as it can from the Americans and Europeans in exchange for not going to war against Israel. According to reports, discussions in Iran's security leadership raised additional possibilities. These include striking Israeli and Jewish interests around the world; delegating responsibility for a response to the resistance axis, particularly Hizbullah and the Houthis; and leveraging the threat of a direct Iranian attack on Israel in negotiations with the U.S. with the aim of extracting Iranian nuclear achievements, securing the lifting of economic sanctions, and obtaining a withdrawal of U.S. forces from the region. A. Savyon is director of the Iran Media Studies project and N. Katirachi is a research fellow at MEMRI.