How powerful is Iran? Iran US Tensions - Iran International

Iran is a powerful country that opposed the USA and its allies in international Geopolitics. It’s because of the presence of Iran’s proxies and powerful influence in the Middle East.

If any country dares to openly threaten A power like the United States, it is Iran! But how a country like the United States of America & its allies (especially Israel) keeps on being threatened by Iran.

In this article, we’ll discuss this in detail.

Iran Geographical Location

Iran is a powerful country, located in the west of the Asian Continent. Iran is bordered by Pakistan and Afghanistan to the west, Iraq to the West, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, the Caspian Sea to the North, and the Persian Gulf to the South.

 

Importance of Iran Sea Port; Chahbahar

Due to its Geography, Iran has significant Defense and Trade Importance Between Asia and Arab Region. That's why the Iranian Port of Chahbahar in the Persian Gulf is so important!

A deal between Iran and India was also signed for the building up of Chahbahar port. But it couldn’t because of the US Sanctions on Iran and the deep-sea port of neighboring country Pakistan.

 

US Iran Tensions

Since the Revolution of Iran in 1979, Iran's Relations with the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel have been strained. These unfavorable conditions escalated tensions between Iran & United States.

After the Tensions, Iran started to spread its proxies in the Middle East and became a threat to US interests there.

Due to these above conflicts, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan are under the political influence of Iran.

Iran's proxies in these Countries are so strong that whenever Iran has to retaliate against the United States, It does so by harming US interests in those Countries (Middle East).

 

Iran Nuclear Deal

After US President Donald Trump unilaterally terminated the Nuclear Deal with Iran in 2015, Iran's supply of Petrol to the world market was cut off leaving almost no investment in Iran!

Now, Iran has facing different types of international sanctions and problems. But despite all these Economic Sanctions, how does Iran be so much power?

All this and more we are going to tell you in our article!

 

S-300 Air Defense System

In 2015, After the nuclear deals ended, Iran bought S-300 Anti-Missile System from Russia!

In Addition, Iran has developed all types of Short and Medium Range Missiles i.e., missiles that can hit their target from 500 km - 2500 km.

 

Iran Military Power

According to the Global Fire Powers 2022 report, Iran is the world's 14th-largest Military Power.

 

Top 15 World Military Ranking 2022

 

Country	Ranking	Index
United States	1	0.0453
Russia	2	0.0501
China	3	0.0511
India	4	0.0979
Japan	5	0.1195
South Korea	6	0.1261
France	7	0.1283
United Kingdom	8	0.1382
Pakistan	9	0.1572
Brazil	10	0.1695
Italy	11	0.1801
Egypt	12	0.1869
Turkey	13	0.1961
Iran	14	0.2104
Indonesia	15	0.2251

 Credit goes to Global Fire Power.

Iran’s Army & Revolutionary Guards

Iran currently has a 525,000 Active Army More than 350,000+ Reserved Army, and more than 150,000+ Revolutionary Guards!

The Revolutionary Guards are Iran's Important asset. The revolutionary Guards have the most economic, political, and military influence in the country.

The Revolutionary Guards are responsible for Iran's ideological and border security.

 

Iran’s Allies & Enemies

China, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, and Turkey are one of the biggest allies of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

While Saudi Arabia, America, and Israel are one of the biggest enemies of Iran. But recently, the tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia have decreased.

 

Importance of the Persian Gulf

Due to Iran-US Tensions, The US Aircraft Carrier is present in the Persian Gulf at all times to cut the supply of Iran's Petrol Supply in case of War!

My Curious Readers! this route is also important because until a few years ago, this route was used to supply 70% of the world's oil.

 

Iran flag

The national flag of Iran has three bands of color painted horizontally on the flag. The color includes green, white, and red. It also includes a national emblem “Allah” in its center on white and color.

 

 Iran International

Iran International is a UK-based Persian-language broadcasting news agency. It demonstrates the Iranian views of the world in the Persian language. It was established in 2017 in London, UK.

 

Iran’s Economic Growth

However, despite all these sanctions and opposition, Iran is the 22nd largest power in the world with 610 billion dollars.

Iran earns 68% of its annual budget by selling petrol and gas. Iran spends more than 13 billion dollars a year buying or building military weapons.

 

Iran Military Technology

Iran currently has 1600 tanks and more than 2000 combat vehicles and has more than 550+ Artillery. Iran's Air Force includes 130 Fighter planes and more than 120+ helicopters.

In Addition, the Iranian Navy has 88 Small Ships with more than 6 Large Ships and 34 submarines.

All of these are Russian Made-Submarines that have the ability to easily hit their targets without getting into the RADAR or SONAR System! All these weapons add to Iran's Power.

 

Conclusion

Now we can say that Iran Benefits Greatly from its Geography, Its Oil and Gas Reserves! While strained relations with the United States and due to war Continue in neighboring countries, Iran suffers heavy losses!

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