There is much talk about Iran’s military capabilities in the news. Iran is a country that has not seen military conflict in over 20 years since the bloody eight-year conflict between its then aggressive neighbor Iraq. With the US Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the geopolitical climate of the Middle East has changed significantly over the last decade. Iran as a state may have its own reactions to the new geopolitical climate. Iran as currently stands in its long history is an ambitious nation whose form of government could be regarded as a model for the rest of the Middle East. Since 1979, the nation-state of Iran is formally known as the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iranian Islamic revolution imposed a form of government that is a combination of religious theocracy and constitutional monarchy. This form of government came as a result of Western policy regarding the oil rich nation-state and promotes itself as the antithesis of western rule. Thus, Iran and its Islamic form of government can be regarded as a threat to the commercial interests of the West. Iran is also staunchly against the existence of Israel as a nation-state. Many times it has threatened existence of Israel.