ran’s proxy war has crossed oceans and is now knocking on America’s door
The Al-Saadi case shows how Tehran's proxies exploit cartel corridors, criminal networks, and migration pipelines
By Ammon Blai... View Moreran’s proxy war has crossed oceans and is now knocking on America’s door
The Al-Saadi case shows how Tehran's proxies exploit cartel corridors, criminal networks, and migration pipelines
By Ammon Blair Fox News
Published May 26, 2026
Americans still debate Iran through an outdated lens. We speak of war as something that starts with bombs, troop deployments, or congressional declarations. Yet Iran has waged asymmetric war against the United States and the West since 1979 — through terrorism, proxy forces, illicit finance, ideological movements, cyber operations, criminal partnerships, and gray-zone tactics deliberately kept below the threshold of conventional conflict.
The real danger is not merely Iran’s capabilities. It is our refusal to recognize the nature of the fight.
Many Americans view conflict with Iran as something happening "over there" — in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, the Red Sea, or the Strait of Hormuz. In reality, Iran’s infrastructure has embedded itself much closer to home: across Latin America, inside cartel corridors, through illicit financial networks, migration pipelines, and the operational seams inside the United States itself.
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