'There have been a lot of Iranian statements today, including from the Foreign Ministry, the speaker of the parliament and the IRGC, with all of them speaking in one voice.
The foreign ministry spokesperson talked about Iran’s approach to the situation and what it is going to do if its infrastructure gets destroyed by the US. He also tried to explain how the whole war is based on lies, including that Iran is pursuing the production of nuclear weapons and that it is presenting an imminent threat to the US.
Instead, he said, the real threat is the threat the US is presenting right now to Iran and hase been presenting for a long time, including this threat to destroy the Iranian people’s infrastructure which is, to him, an equivalent to a threat of genocide against the Iranian people.
Also, the IRGC commander said today that the Strait of Hormuz is never going to return to its previous situation, especially for the US and Israel. He said it is going to be subjected to a new order after this war, and Iran is going to extract fees on ships from now on so that way Iran can compensate the destruction that has been visited on the country in this war.
So there is no indication that Iran is being intimidated by these threats, even though that deadline is approaching very quickly; they have been consistent from day one that there is going to be no change, they are not going to submit to the threats and they are going to retaliate – they know their places they are going to strike at and have what it takes to do that.'
'There have been a lot of Iranian statements today, including from the Foreign Ministry, the speaker of the parliament and the IRGC, with all of them speaking in one voice.
The foreign ministry spokesperson talked about Iran’s approach to the situation and what it is going to do if its infrastructure gets destroyed by the US. He also tried to explain how the whole war is based on lies, including that Iran is pursuing the production of nuclear weapons and that it is presenting an imminent threat to the US.
Instead, he said, the real threat is the threat the US is presenting right now to Iran and hase been presenting for a long time, including this threat to destroy the Iranian people’s infrastructure which is, to him,
an equivalent to a threat of genocide against the Iranian people.
Also, the IRGC commander said today that the Strait of Hormuz is never going to return to its previous situation, especially for the US and Israel. He said it is going to be subjected to a new order after this war, and Iran is going to extract fees on ships from now on so that way Iran can compensate the destruction that has been visited on the country in this war.
So there is no indication that Iran is being intimidated by these threats, even though that deadline is approaching very quickly; they have been consistent from day one that there is going to be no change,
they are not going to submit to the threats and they are going to retaliate – they know their places they are going to strike at and have what it takes to do that.'
By Mohamed Vall
Reporting from Tehran, Iran