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Iran Remains Top Threat, U.S. CENTCOM Ready, Mattis Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

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Iran is the number one threat in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, even though turmoil continues in nations such as Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, Marine Gen. James Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) yesterday. “Despite significant economic sanctions and increased diplomatic isolation within the global community, Iran continues to export instability and violence across the region and beyond,” Mattis said in prepared remarks at the SASC posture hearing. Almost exactly a year ago,…

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