The possible outcome of the war against neighboring Iran can change the entire geopolitical picture, as well as the balance of power in the Middle East and the Eurasian region as a whole. Until then, it is interesting to understand what deep, centuries-old religious and ideological roots the Iran-Israel conflict has in general, and why US President Donald Trump is trying to add religious shades to the US-Iran war. On topic 168 TVof Revue is the guest of the program Religious scholar Vardan Khachatryan։

The religious expert considers the image of the US president in the image of Christ, published on Trump’s social network page and later deleted, created by artificial intelligence, as blasphemy.

“If you say, ‘I play the role of a sanitarian,’ then what is that light in his hand?” Yes, brothers, we understand, 3 percent of the American society can believe that, well, 10 percent, but the rest can’t believe it all. It is clear that it is not Jesus, because if Jesus approached, laid his hand, that person must stand up, and that’s it. But the light in the other hand also indicates that it is attributed to divinity. We have seen Trump in the clothes of the Roman Pope, we have seen him in the clothes of a Viking, now he has become clean, there is no workman, we have to discuss the pictures created by this AI. After all, who needs them, what do we serve, that someone is the replacement of Jesus on the face of the Earth, can such a thing be? We consider Jesus as God. Can there be a substitute for God among mortals? Not that it cannot be, it is blasphemy. We have our faith, we have our confession, and we are waiting for the Savior who must come as God, not as a man, to declare: “I have come to save you all.” There is no such thing in the world. Christianity rejects this,” said the religious scholar in relation to the topic.

Vardan Khachatryan is skeptical about the two-week ceasefire announced between the United States and Iran and the negotiation process, predicting new military clashes between the conflicting parties.

“It is clear that the parties are preparing for a new conflict, that is, there will inevitably be a new conflict,” believes the religious expert.

Vardan Khachatryan also drew attention to the fact that Russia and China, which provide shadow support to Iran, are coming out of the shadows.

According to the interlocutor’s assessment, the United States did not succeed in the war against Iran and is now trying to organize a “crusade” against Iran.

According to Khachatryan, the American army does not consider this war a just war. Speaking about the religious roots of the Iranian-Israeli conflict and the US president’s attempts to add religious tones to the war against Iran, the religious expert noted that the current geopolitical developments and the threat of nuclear war show that the world is approaching Armageddon. Vardan Khachatryan sees a real danger of a nuclear conflict.

“At the moment, the only thing we can report is that the war is getting closer and closer because the sides are spending huge resources to bring weapons, new units, etc. closer to the war zone. You will not hide it. it is visible all over the world. Both the United States and Israel are increasingly leaning toward a new phase, meaning that this ceasefire is a time to prepare for the next phase. On the other hand, it appears that it is possible to form an alliance. I simply believe that if we proceed with conventional weapons, the exhaustion of the parties is such that the peace will last longer than expected. But if the situation becomes extreme, and there are great chances of it becoming extreme, then the war can happen much faster, immediately increasing the level of escalation to a nuclear conflict,” the religious expert added.

Vardan Khachatryan notices the exhaustion of the parties as a result of military operations that lasted for more than 40 days. He especially mentions the exhaustion of Israel, which cannot resist even the rockets of the opposition forces operating in Lebanon.

“It means that a war with conventional weapons is no longer in their favor, moreover, they will suffer if the war with conventional weapons continues, because the number of Iranian missiles will indisputably be enough for a much longer time. This war can also have such a course, but as they say, God forbid that all this, as an incendiary degree, rises to a nuclear conflict,” added Vardan Khachatryan.

To the question: when will be the second coming of Christ, and how close is the world to Armageddon, the religious scholar answered: “Everyone is waiting for the coming of Jesus. When will it come, when God will bend the sky and come down… Based on what we have talked about, it is probably very close, because in the conditions of huge nuclear arsenals, incomprehensible games are going on, which can turn into applied conflicts at any second. What do you want now? Everyone is armed, unspeakably armed…”

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.

On April 11, negotiations between the American and Iranian delegations led by US Vice President J.D. Vance and Iranian Majlis Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf took place in Islamabad with the mediation of Pakistan. The representatives of Washington and Tehran did not reach an agreement during the 21-hour negotiations. On April 14, “Francepress” agency, referring to its sources, reported that Pakistan is working towards holding the second round of negotiations. The previous day, Trump announced that the US armed forces started the blockade of Iranian ports on Monday. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, for its part, warned that if the United States resumes attacks, Iran will use capabilities “the enemy has no idea about” and will have “very limited ability” to counter them.

Full interview in the video.

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