2 Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Yemen signal will to attack as Iran-US tensions high

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : They were met by a violent crackdown by Iran's theocracy, the scale of which is only starting to become clear as the country has faced more than two-week internet blackout -- the most comprehensive in the nation's history.
55% : In the past, Iran's theocracy has undercounted or not reported fatalities from unrest.
37% : However, Iran is still reeling from the 12-day war launched in June that saw its air defense systems broadly destroyed and top military leaders killed, as well as its nuclear enrichment sites bombed by the U.S. As a sign of concern over its airspace, Iran issued a notice to pilots Sunday that banned small private aircraft from flying in the country, with carveouts for the oil industry and emergency medical flights.
36% : It later aired footage Monday from its January 2024 attack in the Gulf of Aden on the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Marlin Luanda, one of the over 100 ships attacked as part of a campaign the Houthis said pressured Israel over its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
36% : But it has collapsed after Israel targeted Hamas, Hezbollah in Lebanon and others during the Gaza war.
33% : The hesitancy to get involved shows the disarray still affecting Iran's self-described "Axis of Resistance" after facing attacks from Israel during its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
32% : Talaei-Nik renewed warnings Monday to both Israel and the U.S. over any possible attack, saying it would "be met with a response that is more painful and more decisive than in the past."
30% : However, both the Houthis and Kataib Hezbollah sat out from Israel's 12-day war on Iran in June that saw the United States bomb Iranian nuclear sites.

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