The concept of an Iranian land bridge is often misunderstood, as transporting large numbers of Iranian forces or materiel 1,000 miles across treacherous Middle Eastern terrain is impractical given Iran's existing air routes into Damascus and its assistance in building domestic weapons production capabilities for Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Authors

• Person: William J. Burns, Michèle Flournoy Organization: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran's Nuclear and Regional ...

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• An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran's Nuclear and Regional ... carnegieendowment.org William J. Burns, Michèle Flournoy · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace via serper

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• Middle East location
• Hezbollah entity
• Lebanon location
• Iran entity
• Damascus location