This aggression is not about Iran’s regional domination, it is about silencing the aspirations of the Yemeni people.
![Yemeni men chant slogans while holding posters of Houthi rebel leader [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/d5c8578edead4be8b9ee50a629874f8d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Seyed Mohammad Marandi is professor of North American Studies and dean of the Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran.
This aggression is not about Iran’s regional domination, it is about silencing the aspirations of the Yemeni people.
![Yemeni men chant slogans while holding posters of Houthi rebel leader [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/d5c8578edead4be8b9ee50a629874f8d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Iran remains profoundly sceptical of US intentions and professed determination to degrade and destroy ISIL.
![Iranians do not buy the argument that a repentant US is waging a real war against ISIL, writes Marandi [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014116132017409734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Western media’s caricaturish coverage of Iran masks an uncomfortable truth.
![Western media falsely implies that Ayatollah Khamenei is unpopular, writes Marandi [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141018911221734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Powerful countries are alarmed by the threats against Russia as they see themselves as potential future targets.
![Countries with major oil and gas reserves such as Russia, Iran and Iraq are already turning eastward, writes Marandi [Getty Image]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/201451911835340734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
How the ‘crippling sanctions’ policy has started to cripple the tormentor.
![The new Iranian administration initiated, with the support of a broad spectrum of political parties and institutions, an approach that Ayatollah Khamenei called 'heroic flexibility', writes Marandi [Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014421124838954734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Over 100,000 deaths and millions of refugees later, is the Western narrative similar to what Iranians have been saying?
![Iran became more sceptical and alarmed when bombings and suicide attacks began late in 2011, in Syria writes Marandi [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014439151516734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The former chief nuclear negotiator’s skill at forging coalitions was key to his victory in Iran’s presidential race.
