The Pirates Of The Persian Gulf

Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (the IRGC) has done it again. The designated terrorist organisation has earned itself a new title, the pirates of the Persian Gulf. Within period of one week, it attacked an Israeli oil tanker in which they killed two crew members. They are also believed to have hijacked another commercial ship in international waters close to the coast of Oman. However, during their hijack attempt, when the IRGC commandos noted a US navy ship and Oman’s coastguard boat were on their way to rescue the hijacked-ship , they backed down and abandoned their catch runaway with their speedboats. The US, UK and perhaps most importantly the NATO condemned the attacks in strongest terms. Whether it is their first drone attack in which they killed two innocent British and Romanian citizens onboard or this new adventure, the issue is not what the IRGC did. Rather the real issue is the nature and i...