Mosab Hassan Yousef has cautioned that the United States is entering a dangerous strategic zone as tensions in the Middle East extend beyond Gaza and increasingly point toward Iran.
In a statement published on his verified Twitter account, the author and former insider on militant movements argued that recent history shows why military force alone cannot resolve conflicts driven by ideology and narrative control.
Drawing on Israel’s experience in Gaza after the October 7 attacks, Yousef said the war demonstrated how conventional military power can become politically counterproductive.
Despite large-scale operations justified by security threats such as rockets, tunnels, and hostage-taking, he noted that armed groups remain active while the humanitarian devastation has reshaped global perceptions.
According to Yousef, militant factions intentionally blur the line between combatants and civilians, ensuring that civilian deaths dominate international discourse and overshadow the original acts of violence that triggered the conflict.
Yousef warned that Iran employs the same tactics on a much larger and more dangerous scale. He accused Tehran’s security apparatus of repressing its own population while redirecting international outrage toward Washington.
In his assessment, Iran’s leadership is less concerned with battlefield outcomes than with shaping global narratives that portray the regime as a victim of Western aggression.
He stressed that Iran cannot be compared to Gaza-based groups or other states previously targeted by U.S. pressure. Unlike localized militant factions, Iran has an industrial military base, deep underground weapons facilities, a large missile stockpile, and a regional network of armed allies.
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