Fmr CIA chief of station: 'Encouraging' Iran is unloading missiles from its boats — "I think Iran is trying to de-escalate.” As I’ve said repeatedly, regime backs off when it senses American steel & advances when it feels American mush. https://t.co/RClJBNQPUG
— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) May 18, 2019
They had eight years of mush and bending over. Now they know that’s no longer the case.
Via Fox News:
Iran’s decision to remove missiles from two of its boats indicated the rogue nation was de-escalating tensions surrounding its nuclear program, former CIA Chief of Station Daniel Hoffman said on Saturday.
Hoffman told “America’s News HQ” that the removal was “an encouraging sign.” “I think Iran is trying to de-escalate.
Foreign minister [Mohammad Javad] Zarif has also stated that Iran has stated publicly that Iran has no interest whatsoever in war with the United States,” he added while speaking with Fox News host Leland Vittert.
US warns commercial flights over Persian Gulf could be ‘misidentified’ amid tensions with IranVideo
Hoffman was responding to news that Iran unloaded those missiles from boats sailing in Iranian waters. Iran and the United States faced rising tensions in May as Iran loosened its compliance with the nuclear deal and appeared to target U.S. commercial interests in the region.
#Iran has seen the light and pulled missiles from some of the boats it had loaded them on earlierhttps://t.co/ulpLQSt1bX
This is self-preservation and a recognition of the resolve of the Trump Admin
Because this is what comes nextpic.twitter.com/0qTsZfHT8S
— Jim Hanson (@Uncle_Jimbo) May 18, 2019