Iran Country Assessment

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a country governed by a regime that began with a revolution headed by Ayatollah Khomeini over deuce decades ago. Khomeini was the first to label the United States as the Great Satan. Although the Iranian government denies it, terrorism has been actively supported, both materially and morally, for years by Iran and Iran supports efforts damaging to the U. S. If the more than entire elements in Iran continue to hold power and arm themselves with nuclear weapons, the international repercussions would be far-reaching.Understanding of Iran is important for members of the U. S. fortify Forces in order to comprehend the scope of Irans extremists leanings. On the other hand, numerous of Irans citizens love the United States and ar resentful of Irans oppressive regime. The anti democracy and baulk of personal liberty have taken a large toll on the Iranian youth. Irans junior generation has put forth a lot of resistance against this oppressive regime. Ov er two thirds of Irans population is under the age of 30, which is good from an operational standpoint.This massive amount of young plurality generally feels that there is hope to moderate if not remove the oppressive regime. Recently a a few(prenominal) young Iranians have been frustrated to the point of actively demonstrating against the regime. It is also important to mention many younger Iranians want improved relations with the United States. Most urban Iranians have access to the Internet and broadcast television and are able to compare their standard of living with that of the United States and Western Europe.The Kurdish batch believe that they are a nation in itself that are deserving of a sovereign homeland. subsequently the formation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, many Kurdish sided with the Iranian leftist and protested against Ayatollah Khomeini and his regime. In 1979, the Kurdish make a rebellion, which ended with thousands of Kurdish dead. Shortly after this, Khomeini centered his power and banded Kurds from serving in government office and greatly enforced freedom of expression.The Party of Free Life of Kurdistan is a private-enterprise(a) group that is based out of Iraq but has been consistently performing operations in Iran. Iran has prepared to engage military action against the group and has moved a large portion of Irans military to Kurdistan to handicap the uprising of the militant group. The Party of Free Life of Kurdistan would be a great asset to realizable future operation in Kurdistan. The party is semi supportive of the United States but will nearly likely be more than willing to serve well in U.S operations in Iran due to their semipermanent goal of destroying the regime. Iran is a tough operational problem set due to their advanced military and technical foul power. Operations in Iran should be focused on using the people of Iran to include the youth and Kurdish people. Intelligence operations would be better suited for using Irans youth because they are more supportive of the Untied States and have the ability to work in Irans government and military. The Kurdish are not trusted in the government and would not be able to provide accurate intelligence.Operations should be held out of North East Iraq due to the likelihood of Iraq cooperating with the United States during operations. Iraq has a large portion of Kurdistan and it would be easy to work with the Kurds right out of Iraq. Iran and Iraq have a long history of war which unless furthers Iraqs likelihood of helping the U. S. Iran is a very dynamic and technologically advanced country, which presents many intelligence issues. The help of Kurdistan, Iranian youth and Iraq would greatly increase the likelihood of operational success in Iran.