Why are Iran’s Hardliners Threatening Europe?

Europe has been on the forefront of defending the Iran Deal, better known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), from unraveling under the Trump administration. For months, European diplomats have made dozens of visits to Capitol Hill and this week is no exception. Europeans are organizing a joint team to travel to Washington to pressure the United States to stay in the nuclear agreement.

So when Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami, the deputy head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), warned on Nov. 26 that Tehran would increase its ballistic missile range beyond 2,000 kilometers (1240 miles) if threatened by Europe, it came as a surprise to many.

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