🇺🇸🇮🇷 Prof. Mohammad Marandi: Iran will NOT let Trump bomb his way to a victory and walk away
Trump may be looking for ONE final strike against Iran, something dramatic enough to declare victory without restarting a full-scale war.
But Professor Mohammad Marandi sees a serious flaw in that calculation.
We discussed a report from Iranian state television claiming Washington had privately requested permission to carry out a symbolic attack on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility without facing retaliation.
The report remains unverified, but Marandi believes it is credible.
And he was emphatic about one thing.
Iran would NOT give Trump the ending he wants.
Marandi argues that allowing Washington to attack Iran, declare victory and withdraw would encourage future American military interventions.
In his view, making another attack politically costly for Trump is essential to establishing deterrence.
I challenged him on that.
If Iran can emerge from this conflict controlling the Strait of Hormuz, with American forces withdrawing and Tehran negotiating from a stronger position, why risk another devastating confrontation?
Marandi's answer revealed a much bigger obstacle to peace.
He believes Iran should refuse to restore normal shipping through Hormuz until Washington fulfills the broader ceasefire commitments Tehran says were agreed upon.
That includes ending the fighting in Lebanon, Gaza and Yemen, alongside resolving Iran's own demands.
And this is where our disagreement becomes particularly important.
I believe Iran could secure an extraordinary strategic victory by accepting a narrower agreement and addressing the remaining regional conflicts separately.
Marandi believes doing so would reward Washington for abandoning its commitments.
Trump may be looking for a way to end America's war with Iran.
According to Marandi though, this confrontation cannot truly end until the wider regional war ends with it.
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