Analysts Fear Bigger Iran Military Budget Could Mean More Proxy Wars

An Iranian official has announced the allocation of $2.5 billion more for the country's military to increase what the regime terms the country's "military capabilities." Ali Asghar Yousefnejad, a member of Iranian Parliament and the spokesperson for Iran's special parliamentary committee that deals with the country's budget, told the country's official news agency IRNA on Tuesday that the $2.5 billion is in addition to what the military will receive once the...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - jeudi 25 janvier 2018