168: You have to be ready for everything. Armenia should take an example from Iran

In Iran, they do not have high hopes for the maintenance of the two-week ceasefire reached between the United States and Iran, or for the successful course of peace negotiations. At the moment, the negotiations between the delegations of Iran and the United States scheduled for Friday in Islamabad, with the mediation of Pakistan, are under question. In any case, Iran is ready for any development of events, knowing very well that violating agreements is a common phenomenon for the other side. About this 168TVof Revue reported on the air of the program Director of “Armenia-Iran Cooperation Development Fund”, Iranian expert Puya Hosseinispeaking about the cease-fire announced on April 7 and the prospects of Iran-American negotiations.

The Iranian expert emphasizes that the United States and Israel only understand the language of force, and Iran also speaks to them in the language of force, at the same time expressing readiness to sit at the negotiating table.

“Iran is ready for any development, it knows that the opposite side does not keep any agreements, has no moral norms, and now Iran is ready for anything. An agreement was reached, which is confirmed by both the Iranian side and the Pakistani side, that a ceasefire should be established on the Lebanese front, and we see that Israel is violating it by declaring that the Lebanese front is not part of the ceasefire agreement, and what kind of war crimes it committed yesterday, killing more than 250 people in Lebanon in 10 minutes. Such countries only understand the language of force, and Iran is doing everything to be able to speak with them in the language of force,” commented Puya Hosseini.

The Iranian expert referred to the violation of 3 of the 10 points presented by Iran, which were announced earlier by the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, including the point about Lebanon. According to the expert, the cease-fire agreement was tripartite: Pakistan-US-Iran, and both the Pakistani and Iranian sides confirm this agreement, while the United States and Israel claim otherwise.

“The negotiations, until this moment, are still questionable whether they will take place or not, because the violation of the Lebanon point is a serious violation. In any case, it is desirable that the negotiations take place and that peace be finally established. As Mr. Ghalibaf stated, 3 points have been violated, but let’s hope that they will be able to keep their promises until the end, but we don’t have that much hope,” says the Iranian expert.

Note that the announcement of a ceasefire after the 40-day war and Trump’s acceptance of 10 points presented by Iran, including uranium enrichment Recognition of Iran’s rights, cancellation of all primary and secondary sanctions against Iran, as well as compensation for damages suffered by Iran, the Iranians accepted it as Iran’s victory against the American superpower. To the question, who won the 40-day war, and whether Iran can be considered the winning side, Pouya Hosseini answers that it depends on the angle from which we look at the issue and analyze it.

“Iran has fought a war against several dozen times more powerful forces, two nuclear states, and resisted and inflicted devastating blows on the opponents, inflicting great damage on them both militarily, economically, and in terms of ranking, and if we look at it from that point of view, of course, Iran has won, Iran has resisted. they did not achieve their goals, as they said: in a few days, complete surrender of Iran, a coup in Iran, and the abandonment of the nuclear program. Analyzing all this, we cannot say that they won. But, in any case, analyzing the real situation, we still cannot fully consider that any side has won,” says the Iranian expert.

In this context, Pouya Hosseini talks about the keys to Iran’s success in confronting the superpower, the useful experience and lessons of the Iranian war, and Armenian-Iranian relations, noting that Armenia can also learn from Iran. With a military budget of about 10-20 billion dollars, Iran was able to fight on an equal footing with the world’s number one superpower, the United States of America and its ally Israel, with a military budget of about 1 trillion dollars. In the end, how did neighboring Iran succeed?

According to Hosseini, the biggest secret of Iran’s effective defense and diplomacy STRATEGIC RESISTANCE is. Hosseini emphasizes that Iran is the creator of the ideology of resistance in the region.

“Iran has been preparing for this war for years, and the biggest secret of this success is resistance until the end, and not resistance without a strategy, but strategic resistance, which was organized on the principle of decentralization. If we look at Iran’s military budget, it is 10-20 billion dollars, but the United States has 1 trillion, it also has the latest weapons and technologies, the latest generation fighter jets, and Israel is one of the most powerful armies in the region. Iran has learned how to fight against these forces and power relations. Iran is the creator of the ideology of resistance in the region. The secret is also in the leaders: they are ready to die for the nation, first they die, then the soldiers. I mean RESISTANCE, PERSONALITY AND NEVER GIVE UP. they are ready to fight even to the last drop of blood, and that is what gave us strength against the strongest weapons in the world,” explains the expert.

Pouya Hosseini adds: Iran-Iraq 1980-88. after the war, Iranians understood that they should rely on themselves.

“Armenia can learn many things from Iran during these wars, because Armenia is also located in a region where its enemies, the Azerbaijani-Turkish tandem, have territorial ambitions against it, and now at this moment, Armenia is moving towards peace, Armenia is in the process of establishing peace in the region, but it must be ready for everything, because there is no guarantee of peace. For that, it should take an example from Iran, how Iran was able to fight against several tens of times more powerful armies and protect its territorial integrity. Armenia can learn many things from these wars and be able to bring its armed forces to such a level that if, God forbid, there is a threat of war again against Armenia, it will be able to have a deterrent force and be able to resist the opponents,” Pouya Hosseini emphasizes.

The Iranian expert also emphasized that the “red line” defined by Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and official Tehran regarding the territorial integrity of Armenia and the inviolability of the Armenian-Iranian border still exists for Iran today.

“If Iran emerges victorious, the security of the South Caucasus will also be strengthened. Whatever happens, Iran will protect the “red line” of Armenia. Iran wants a developed and stable Armenia in its neighborhood,” stressed Pouya Hosseini.

According to the assessment of the Iranian expert, the war will in any case also affect the TRIPP project. According to Hosseini, the TRIPP issue will depend on the outcome of this war.

Let’s remind that the United States and Israel started military operations against Iran on February 28. On the morning of April 7, US President Donald Trump set another deadline for the Islamic Republic of Iran until 20:00 of the same day, threatening to strike Iran’s power grids and transportation infrastructure and “destroy Iran’s entire civilization” if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz and sign a deal with the United States.

However, just an hour and a half before the end of the “deadline”, at 18:32 Washington time, Trump on his official page of the Truth Social social network announced that, with the mediation of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, the United States agreed MONDAY TWO-WAY SHOOT CONFIRMATIONin response to their request to withdraw from the “destructive operations” planned for the night and on the condition that the Islamic Republic of Iran agrees to the complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Donald Trump also noted that the American side accepted Iran’s 10-point proposal as a basis for negotiations.

Full interview in the video.

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