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Iran or Iran-backed forces will strike a US or Israeli military target in the Middle East within 30 days
Military & Defenseseverity_criticalActiveMedium-term (8-30d)
95%
Description:
Following Israel's attempted assassination of Iran's intelligence minister and continued Israeli strikes on senior Hamas and Iranian figures, the conflict has escalated beyond signaling. With Iran's ballistic missile capacity reportedly degraded, Tehran faces pressure to demonstrate deterrence credibility through drones, cruise missiles, or proxy operations against military targets.
Synthesis:
Ukraine's battered energy grid faces both kinetic and cyber threats as Russia sustains its infrastructure campaign, while Middle East escalation chains — driven by Israeli targeting of Iranian officials — push the region closer to a direct military exchange with global energy-market spillover.
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