Don't shrug off the latest Iranian military exercise

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The question was rhetorical, yet Iran still revealed its true motive.
53% : But the first military exercise that Iran has held in its northwest border area in almost 30 years, when Azerbaijan gained independence from the former Soviet Union, is far from a garden-variety event.
51% : At the same time, it would be easy for many onlookers in the West to yawn or shrug at the recent "Conquerors of Khaybar" exercise near Iran's border with Azerbaijan, dismissing the development as typical pomp and circumstance from Tehran.
49% : Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan George Deek tweeted September 30, "While Iran oppresses its religious and ethnic minorities and targets Jews in other countries, we -- Israel, the United States and Azerbaijan -- invest in our diversity and tolerance.
48% : Harsh rhetoric against Israel has also recently emerged from the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), the lobby group promoting the interests of Armenia on Capitol Hill -- and Iran is firmly part of that picture as well.
47% : Rather, it should be squarely on policymakers' radar when they evaluate Washington's broader approach to Tehran.
39% : Iran also repeatedly makes clear that it will not tolerate Jews -- and the Conquerors of Khaybar drill should be understood in the same realm as Iranian threats to wipe Israel and Jews off the map through its nuclear program.
38% : Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh asserted that Tehran "will not tolerate the presence of the Zionist regime near our borders.
35% : As Iran continues to insist on sanctions relief in talks over reviving U.S. participation in the Iran nuclear deal, the Biden administration seems intent on acceding to the regime's demands, lifting sanctions last week on two Iranian entities involved in military missile programs.

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