To protect the Suez Canal after Israel steals it.

This announcement

I haven’t seen the NYT article it is referring to but according to this the only sources are unnamed “Iranian officials” and “Regional experts and officials in the Gulf”.

Oh, and a scary picture.

But if it helps ramp up fear, loathing and weapons production …

allegedly

allegedly?

Oh, it the BBC

They fear too many people will start asking why Ukrainians don’t want to fight and die for America’s geopolitical interests