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Remember Operation Praying Mantis
Not only can they threaten, they already have attacked Iraq and Saudi with missiles, so no reason to ignore Iran's threats. They have shown that they can attack without repercussions. >

The mindset of authoritarian regimes; The Theocracy defaults to, 'We can threaten,' rather than, 'we will protect the strategic waterways of the region'...  Typical. >

Very good observation. Thank you for that >

Iran believes they are the regional power in the Middle East (which is kind of true unless SA is considered stronger) but they shouldnt be able to threaten or attack anything without repercussions, especially those of another nation