Joshua Tree Security: Supplemental Readings on Iran

A couple of months ago, I posted about the last the post-revolutionary relationship between Iran and the West. I wanted to post a few additional items to supplement that post.

First and foremost, I omitted a major subset of incidents. In two separate incidents (2004 and 2007), Iranian naval forces detained British sailors and Royal Marines. (The second incident followed an Iranian attempt to do the same against some Australian sailors which didn't quite work out for the Iranians (link, link). During the 2007 incident, the crisis led to a dispute over where the British personnel had actually been (link, link). I apologize for omitting these incidents in the earlier post, but the volume of that post should serve as an indicator of just how many relevant incidents there are to keep track of.

In addition to that, and to the other prior links, here are some items that may be of interest to those of you who are interested in Iran:

Gulf Roundtable: Iran's Regional Strategy

This Week at War: The Persian Gulf needs its own NATO

U.S. arms to Gulf allies hint of strategy

Saudi Coast Guard Arrests 21 Iranians

Iran for the first time stages cyber warfare drill: report

Iran warns planes near Hormuz

Iran navy launches 6-day massive exercises

Iran starts navy drills near Strait of Hormuz

Iran starts war games in Strait of Hormuz

Iran plans naval drill in Hormuz Strait, flexing military muscle

Iran begins naval war games and to carry drill in Strait of Hormuz

The Iranian View of Stage Two of the Arab Spring