AhlulBayt News Agency: Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said the strategic power long claimed by the United States has turned into a strategic defeat, stressing that Washington should not portray its defeat as an agreement.
“Do not call your defeat an agreement. The era of your promises is over. Today, the world is divided into two fronts: truth and falsehood, and no freedom-seeking individual will be deceived by your media campaigns. Has the level of your internal strife reached the point where you are now negotiating with yourselves?” Zolfaghari said on Wednesday, referring to US claims that it is engaged in talks with Iran to reach an agreement, claims Tehran has denied.
“The strategic power you once boasted of has turned into a strategic defeat. If the self-proclaimed world superpower could have freed itself from this predicament, it would have done so by now,” he added.
The military spokesperson also warned that regional stability depends on Iran’s Armed Forces.
He said neither past levels of investment in the region nor previous energy price conditions would return until it is recognized that regional stability is ensured by the “powerful hand” of Iran’s armed forces.
Zolfaghari stressed that conditions would not return to normal unless Iran decides so, adding that this would only happen when any notion of action against the Iranian nation is completely abandoned.
The US and the Israeli regime launched their joint military aggression on Iran on February 28, following their previous war in June last year. Both conflicts were launched as Tehran was in the midst of diplomatic talks with Washington over its peaceful nuclear program.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike targeting his residence and office in Tehran on the first day of the ongoing aggression.
In response, Iran launched precise retaliatory strikes against Israeli positions and US bases, citing its inherent right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter and warned that further escalation will invite a harsher reaction.
Iran has also maintained control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of global oil passes, emphasizing that the key waterway is closed only to the aggressors and their allies.
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