The Cradle - Riyadh realigns: Tehran over Tel Aviv 📂 Archived Message Posted by sashimi on July 9, 2025, 7:27 am 8 Jul 2025 Lede: Persian Gulf monarchies are quietly reorienting away from Tel Aviv and Washington toward Tehran and a more promising multipolar-led security order. The recent confrontation between Iran and Israel marked a decisive shift in regional power equations, particularly in the Persian Gulf. Iran's direct and calibrated military response - executed through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - exposed the strategic vulnerabilities of Tel Aviv and forced Gulf capitals, chiefly Riyadh, to reassess long-standing assumptions about regional security. The Saudi-led recalibration did not emerge in isolation. Years of cumulative political, military, and diplomatic failures under the umbrella of US-Israeli tutelage have pushed Persian Gulf states to seek more viable, non-confrontational security arrangements. What we are witnessing is the slow dismantling of obsolete alliances and the opening of pragmatic, interest-driven channels with Tehran. -- Cont'd at https://thecradle.co/articles/riyadh-realigns-tehran-over-tel-aviv Message Thread: The Cradle - Riyadh realigns: Tehran over Tel Aviv - sashimi July 9, 2025, 7:27 am The Cradle: Tom Barrack's project to destabilize Lebanon - sashimi July 9, 2025, 7:50 am Re: The Cradle: Tom Barrack's project to destabilize Lebanon - Keith-264 July 9, 2025, 6:04 pm The Cradle - Axis of encirclement: Azerbaijan, Israel, and Turkiye close in on Iran - sashimi July 9, 2025, 7:33 pm « Index   Searching