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The Iranian-backed Houthis are not necessarily in a command-and-control relationship with Tehran, and may be acting against Israel for their own Yemeni interests. But their belligerent actions could definitely lead to an expansion of the war as international forces move to stop their attacks on shipping. Dr. Raz Zimmit, expert on Iran from the Institute of National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, says that the current assessment in Teheran was that the international community, led by the United States, do not want to get into a full scale confrontation with Iran.(photo: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.