In the wake of the U.S. strike against one of Iran’s top military commanders last week, Iranian leaders have pledged to retaliate, seeding expectations that Tehran will launch tit-for-tat attacks on U.S. personnel or American allies. But a look at the history of Iranian reprisals shows how difficult it will be to predict how, when and where Iran might fight back in response to the drone attack that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force, the group responsible for Iran’s military forays in Syria, Lebanon,...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 06, 2020 23:37 UTC