Description
The Middle East has long been a hobgoblin for foreign powers and, as
much as Afghanistan, also a graveyard of empires. Sitting squarely
astride ancient trade routes and with the added impetus of the world's
addiction to oil, the area has been a hot spot for centuries.
Now, with the old regime teetering and losing its grip, Iran makes a
bid for forcing the West to recognize its complete sovereignty and
control over its own affairs by striking at the one thing they care
about: the flow of oil. Mining the Straits of Hormuz and declaring it
closed to all traffic, Iran defies the world. The US, and perhaps some
of its allies, takes action to re-open the straits and get the black
gold flowing to the world again.
Next War: Iran is the sixth game in the Next
War series. It is unique in the series in that the Allied player has to
do the attacking while the non-Allied player attempts to defend its
territory against neo-imperial oppression. With a long logistical tail,
few true allies in the region, and the menace of Iran's A2AD
capabilities, re-opening the Straits is a tall order.
