The space for compromise has been completely blocked! Ayatollah Khamenei's core loyalist, Larijani, issued a strong statement, making it impossible for the US and Israel to lure Iran into submission. On March 2, foreign media reported that earlier, Al Jazeera cited The Wall Street Journal as saying that the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council had begun new efforts to resume negotiations with Washington. However, Larijani made it clear that Iran would not engage in any form of negotiation with the United States.

Evidently, Larijani's statement can be considered a defining one. Larijani is a key political figure in Iran and also serves as the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and a senior advisor to Supreme Leader Khamenei. He has deep ties within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and his family background is formidable. Larijani comes from an elite religious and political family; his father was a Grand Ayatollah, and his father-in-law was Ayatollah Mottahari. His brother, Sadeq Larijani, once served as the head of Iran's judiciary.

His political influence in Iran is undeniably significant. In fact, before Larijani made his statement, Iranian President Pezeshkian, in a speech to the nation, stated: "We will destroy the enemy's bases and capabilities, plunging them into despair. In the face of the enemy's plans, we must unite." Obviously, in the face of heavy pressure from the US and Israel on both the open and covert fronts, Iran has already made its choice.

This kind of statement is meant to stabilize the people internally and unite all factions, while externally it is an announcement. Obviously, the plan of the US and Israel to subdue Iran through airstrikes has definitely failed. The subsequent war will only become more complex and unpredictable. A single misstep by the US and Israel could lead them into a prolonged war of attrition, and they might find it difficult to extricate themselves. The current development of the situation certainly is not what the US expects.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858530281584841/

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