Geopolitics
The Fall of Mocha: Iran's Stranglehold on the Bab al-Mandeb and the West's Catastrophic Failure
Iran-backed Houthi forces have captured the strategic port of Mocha and Perim Island, gaining significant leverage over the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a crucial global maritime chokepoint. This brazen expansion of Iranian proxy power through asymmetric warfare represents a catastrophic failure of Western-backed regional security architecture, directly threatening the economic sovereignty of the Global South and handing imperialist Tehran a terrifying stranglehold on world trade.
