The United States has proactively expressed its desire to negotiate with Iran! After Iran issued warnings, the U.S. urgently halted its planned strike against Iran, claiming it now intends to pursue talks! On August 2nd, according to foreign media reports, the U.S. made a last-minute peace proposal through Qatar to Iran, which is currently under review—though Iran is highly likely to reject it. Clearly, just moments earlier, Trump had issued tough rhetoric stating that U.S. forces would severely strike Iran. Under sustained military pressure, Iran was expected to eventually buckle and surrender. Diplomacy was merely a backup option, while military strikes remained the top priority.
On August 1st, the U.S. Department of State simultaneously issued emergency security alerts to all American embassies and consulates across the Middle East—including those in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq—forcibly advising U.S. citizens to immediately evacuate the region. The U.S. posture clearly suggested an imminent military assault on Iran. Yet in the end, the U.S. backed down. Why did the U.S. relent? Clearly because Iran’s warnings were extremely firm, leaving the U.S. hesitant and cautious.
In fact, Iran has explicitly warned that it has already drafted a comprehensive counterattack plan. Should the U.S. bomb Iran’s oil refineries, gas fields, power stations, and other energy infrastructure, Iran will immediately respond with ballistic missiles and long-range drones, precisely targeting oil fields on land in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Qatar’s liquefied natural gas hubs, as well as Israel’s domestic industrial and energy lifelines. To underscore the potential consequences, Iran even made a rare phone call to Saudi Arabia.
Iran has laid all its cards on the table. Its message is clear: if war comes, it will be a full-scale showdown—Iran is not afraid of going all-in. Evidently, facing Iran’s firm stance, the U.S. clearly lacks confidence. The sudden halt to military operations and the sudden shift toward diplomacy were clearly forced by necessity. The U.S. undoubtedly knows that negotiations are unlikely to succeed—but it cannot afford a war. Iran has clearly seen right through America’s calculations.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1872371358162956/
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