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Iran is fundamentally linked to proxy warfare as a core component of its asymmetric foreign policy strategy, as detailed in analyses of its interventionism [1], its regional evolution [2], and internal elite debates [3]. Furthermore, Iran employs this strategy to maintain plausible deniability and avoid direct retaliation from the United States [4].
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proxy warfare recalibrated: iran's decentralized proxy strategy in the ... academia.edu 1 fact
referenceN. Rafati's 2022 study 'Whose proxy war? The competition among Iranian foreign policy elites' analyzes internal competition among Iranian foreign policy elites regarding proxy warfare.
Iran's Regional Armed Network - Council on Foreign Relations cfr.org 1 fact
perspectiveIran utilizes a proxy war strategy to avoid direct responsibility for actions it endorses, thereby shielding itself from direct retaliation by the United States, which has focused its responses on the proxies themselves.