OPINION: 'Never let a good crisis go to waste': this is how Iran will take advantage of erratic US policy
In Iraq and in Syria, Iran has taken advantage of the chaos caused by Islamic State to bolster its proxy militia network as part of the formal national security structures of those countries.
Having done so as a response to the Soleimani killing, Iran understands this makes it all the more difficult for European countries to pressure it into abiding by the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action .Washington and the West have long questioned whether Iran is a rational actor, often portraying it as country controlled by a regime of"mad mullahs" intent on destroying the US and Israel.
US President Donald Trump is a notoriously unpredictable. Under his administration the usual US foreign policy and national security decision making processes have broken down.
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