Iran could be destroyed in devastating blitz under leaked US ‘war plan’

Eslam Mohamed

Iran could be annihilated by the US in a devastating “shock and awe” attack which would destroy the regime overnight, leaked documents show, according to a report published by The Express.

The war plan, codenamed Theatre Iran Near Term (TIRANNT), is believed to be the blueprint for a strike paving the way to crush the country’s power base within 24 hours. A war on Iran has been on the Pentagon’s drawing board for more than ten years.

The leaked plans have reemerged amid rising fears of an imminent conflict after Tehran’s missile and drone strike on Saudi Arabian oil plants.

The US has made military preparations to destroy Iran’s weapons of mass destruction, nuclear energy, regime, armed forces, state apparatus and economic infrastructure within days if not hours.

“Any attack is likely to be on a massive multi-front scale but avoiding a ground invasion,” Dr Dan Plesch and Martin Butcher examined the blueprint on how the US attack would unfold.

While conventional weapons would be used instead of nukes, the attack would still crush Iran’s military strength in little more than a day.

More than 10,000 targets would be battered according to TIRANNT plans.

Furthermore, according to the Washington Post, the US command and control in the Middle East moved its post in Qatar back to the US on Saturday for the first time in 13 years.

The air power of the United States and its allies was being controlled by teams at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. Though the move was only temporary and al-Udeid took back control on Sunday after 24 hours, it was a significant tactical shift.

Worse still, imposing further UN sanctions over Tehran would be less chaotic, but very harsh on the already deteriorated economy, however, this is unlikely because this would require the entire UN council to approve it.

Britain, France and Germany have mounted a last-ditch effort to dissuade Iran from effectively quitting the nuclear deal, warning time was running out for negotiations and the risk of war in the region “has not been averted”.

Iran’s argument is that under Articles 26 and 36 of the JCPOA, the US reapplication of sanctions and European abiding by them permits Iran to take “reciprocal actions.”

Mohamed Alaa, an expert on Iranian affairs, told The Reference in an interview that the Mullahs’ regime is facing several scenarios, as it will not be able to defy U.S. or UN sanction, or take a military blow that would paralyze the whole country.

He further pointed out that failed talks in this regard paved the road again for a military solution to the crisis, stressing that Tehran still demands sanctions to be lifted before commencing any negotiations with the U.S., which is unlikely because Washington will not lift the sanctions for a worthless meeting.