{"id":2728,"date":"2020-01-17T23:26:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T20:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2020-02-23T01:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T22:24:55","slug":"us-iran-escalation-reverberates-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/us-iran-escalation-reverberates-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Iran escalation reverberates around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Simon Albaugh – YAN –<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"It\u2019s not often that world history coalesces in the streets of Detroit. But as news of Soleimani\u2019s Assassination, and Iran\u2019s response, scattered through the headlines, people inside and out of Michigan\u2019s Iranian American Community worried enough to organize. Around the world, people protested the United States\u2019 involvement with Iranian affairs.
\nOn Jan. 9, protesters met near the McNamura building in Downtown Detroit. They also met in Ann Arbor and Southgate. And that week, protesters met on Wayne State University\u2019s campus in front of the Student Center.
\nMembers of the DSA, or Democratic socialists of America, organized the protests in downtown Detroit and Wayne State University\u2019s Campus. One spokesperson for the YDSA, or Youth Democratic Socialists of Wayne State University, said that they were \u201chorrified\u201d by the prospect of the United States going to war with Iran.
\n\u201cWe spent our whole lives seeing the repercussions of the Middle East Conflicts in different ways,\u201d Nicolas Tedesco of the Wayne State University YDSA said. \u201cBecause most of us here, you know, are 21 years old or younger.\u201d
\nNicolas said the group organized the student protest because of the common rage that young people have about the involvement in the Middle East.
\n\u201cYou don\u2019t do this alone,\u201d Tedesco said. \u201cYou find people who are also enraged and disgusted, which is a lot more people than you would tend to think. The more you talk to all kinds of people, the more you find that palpable disgust at how the world is turning out.\u201d
\nThe reason for the protesters\u2019 response, or as Tedesco put it, the \u201cpalpable disgust\u201d, was a long episode of escalating tension between the United States and Iran in the Middle East. Late last year, the United States targeted five sites for airstrikes.
\nIn response to the Air Strikes, Demonstrators gathered outside the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. According to BBC reports, the protestors threw stones toward the embassy. Clashes resulted in United States security personnel deploying tear gas into the crowd of protesters.
\nUS President Donald Trump threatened Iran after the protests in front of the US Embassy in Iraq, tweeting \u201c\u2026Iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost, or damage incurred, at any of our facilities\u2026This is not a warning, it is a threat.\u201d
\nNo deaths or serious injuries were reported at the compound of the embassy. Still, the Trump Administration responded with the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani. As leader of the Iranian Quds Force, many reports show that he had immense popularity throughout his home country. Some publications called him a possible pick for president of Iran in the future.
\nIn what Iran called a \u201cslap\u201d at US forces in the region, Iran retaliated against the killing of Soleimani by targeting US Military bases in Iraq with ballistic missile attacks early on Jan. 8. Members of the US military were able to evacuate the bases in time, so no casualties were reported.
\nEven though members of the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel US Troops out of the country, the future of the region is uncertain.
\nOil and gas is one of the regions largest exports. Across the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia \u2013 the second biggest oil producer in the world \u2013 is in a temperamental position. Its largest oil field is Ghawar in the northeast region of the country.
\nAccording to some financial sources, the oil market has been marginally affected by the instability in the region. But some believe that Iran could retaliate by attacking Oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
\nAccording to gasbuddy.com\u2019s 2020 forecast, gas prices should be around $2.60 on average for the United States. An attack on oil infrastructure could translates to an increase of about $0.40, according to gasbuddy\u2019s chief analyst. That would make the price just above $3 a gallon for the year.
\nThe idea that Iran could attack oil infrastructure isn\u2019t new. During the 2019 Gulf of Oman incident, the US government blamed Iran for an attack on two oil tankers travelling through the region.
\nMany analysts say that this was the initial event that heightened tensions between the two countries that ultimately led to the death of Soleimani. US sent 1,000 troops to the region as a response to the attacks on oil tankers.<\/p>\n

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