On July 26, the Iranian media reported the statement of the representative of the Iranian army, Mohammad Akraminiya, and said that Tehran stopped its military operations after the USA stopped its attacks.

He emphasized that Iran’s behavior at this stage of the conflict is based on “reciprocity” and that any change in the situation on the ground will lead to a proportionate response from Tehran.

Earlier, the United States halted airstrikes against Iran after nearly two weeks of continuous military operations, as President Donald Trump’s advisers told him there were no more targets to hit and they expressed concern about the depletion of American weapons stockpiles.

Despite this relative ceasefire, yesterday Tehran accused Kiev of attacking an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea, killing one sailor and injuring several others. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that the country will not leave this attack unanswered.

Aragchin added, who spoke with the head of EU diplomacy Kaya Kalas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and told them that Ukraine’s action “cannot go unanswered”.

The incident took place on July 25. Iranian officials reported that the ship loaded with iron was on its way from the Russian city of Astrakhan to the Iranian city of Anzali. Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attack and summoned the charge d’affaires of Ukraine.

Will this Iran-US ceasefire have a long life, in case of resumption of mutual attacks, what developments may take place, and what impact may they have on the region, particularly on Armenia?

Military expert Davit Jamalyan according to them, in the USA they understand, in particular, Trump’s opponents, as well as his entourage, talk about the fact that this latest escalation unleashed against Iran was an adventure.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran, being a self-sufficient country, having a very serious military-industrial complex, moreover, having prospects, being one of the power centers of the multipolar world, having the undisguised support of Russia and China, is not only able to successfully resist this aggression, but also to carry out pre-offensive activity. Therefore, Iran has confronted the United States with a serious fact, which is causing a serious blow to its reputation.

Trump is trying to keep his face, which, of course, is an adventure.” 168.am–Davit Jamalyan said in a conversation with

According to the military expert, these processes will bring to the international stage forces that, of course, existed before, but their positions will be further strengthened. these powers are Iran, Russia and China.

Davit Jamalyan is sure that these mutual military attacks will end in a so-called “draw”, mostly in favor of Iran, because the blows that Iran inflicts on the United States are very painful. The USA has no countermeasures against all that, unlike Iran, which knew about hitting it.

“Yemen also joined this whole process, the Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia. Along with closing the strait, international maritime trade and oil prices will rise, a serious blow will be inflicted on the US economy, that is, there is no good scenario for Trump. And for Iran, of course, the losses were big and painful, but Iran is in an advantageous position, it came out as the winner in the first two stages of escalation.

If you have noticed, Israel is not openly interfering in this third escalation, because Iran has dealt very painful blows to Israel, several more such blows, and Israel may not be able to withstand anymore,” our interlocutor added.

According to Davit Jamalyan, Iran has not only not lost its missile industry, but it is also rapidly replenishing it. Iran even went so far as to supply representatives of its armed forces and weapons to Yemen.

As for Armenia, according to the expert, under these conditions it is obvious that TRIPP has no prospects.

“A year ago, when Nikol Pashinyan in fact handed over territory to Azerbaijan and Turkey under the American auspices, in order to keep his power, in fact, he handed over a “corridor”. At that time, the influence of the USA in the region was greater than it is now. It is very clearly stated that this “corridor” will be opened according to their wishes and according to their rules. The tragedy for us is that according to the perception of the power centers, Armenia is not a subject, but an object. The problem is, in this case, under what conditions that “corridor” can be opened.

If there is a change of power in Armenia, which I think is inevitable and will happen sooner or later, the new government, after restoring normal relations with Iran and Russia, should simply throw the so-called TRIPP into the dustbin of history and raise the positions of Armenia’s subjectivity and negotiate from those positions.

I would like to say one more thing: this path of the friendly people of Iran should be very instructive for us, how they were able to use the time and turn into someone who dictates conditions to the United States,” emphasized Davit Jamalyan.

Let’s remind that mutual strikes between Iran and the US were stopped on June 18, after which they talked about starting negotiations and signing an agreement, but the strikes resumed a few days after the cease-fire.

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