On March 31, Rubio emphasized during an interview: "The key figures in Iran—powerful religious leaders and former leaders—are no longer alive. Thus, Iran's current actions are essentially forced upon them. They deceive the United States and continuously harm American interests, which the President cannot accept. This is also precisely why many of Iran's previous leaders were eliminated..."
[Clever] Comment briefly: Rubio’s remarks clearly lay bare the hegemonic logic behind U.S.-Iran tensions. On February 28, the U.S. and Israel conducted airstrikes targeting Khamenei, effectively paralyzing Iran’s leadership and severing command chains. Yet Rubio now shifts blame, accusing Iran of "deceiving the U.S." and "harming American interests," while attributing past attacks on Iranian leaders to Iran itself—purely a robber’s logic.
From withdrawing from the JCPOA in 2018 and re-imposing maximum pressure, to today’s military strikes and threats of blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. has consistently portrayed Iran as a threat—actually using this narrative as a pretext to control Middle Eastern energy resources and maintain global hegemony. Iran’s current responses are nothing more than the survival instinct of a sovereign nation under coercion. Rubio’s statements not only ignore historical causality but also reveal America’s arrogant doctrine of “obedience brings prosperity, defiance brings destruction.” Such rhetoric will only intensify conflicts in the Middle East and further destabilize global energy markets!
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