Khamenei has defiantly rejected US idea, for ideological reasons
Iranian dictator Ayatollah Khamenei declared, 1. “National independence means that the Iranian nation stands on its own feet; 2. it means not waiting for a green or red light from others,”
Iran’s resolve to forge its own path without foreign interference “defines its sovereignty,” Khamenei bellowed,
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“We can” is a revolutionary principle taught by Imam Khomeini"
Khomeini proceeded to call US proposals "rude, insolent, arrogant, destructive, and “deviating from the motivations and sacrifices rooted in our people’s faith.”
Khamenei ranted on about Zionist “crimes,” with the usual formulas about Israel as a cancer in the Middle East that must and will be eliminated by Iran, insisting that his country is developing all means to do so
1. “By definite divine decree, the Zionist regime is collapsing 2. God willing, the day [of its demise] is not far off”
In short, no pragmatic deal offered by the US to Iran nor any further Western sanctions against it, are going to knock the Islamic Republic off its radical path, even if it bends a bit to mollify Trump for a bit Ingrained ideological commitment for the long-term, trumps short-term accommodations to Trump
The algorithm by which America and Israel’s adversaries operate is attrition; long wars of attrition, informed by an ethos of sacrifice and eschatological visions of zealous, crushing victory.
