The evil coalition’s war against Iran has entered its fourth week. The epic fury has been demonstrated by the combined military firepower of the Israel Defence Forces and the USA’s air and naval might, targeting every strategically important place, person, and any moving object. The air war against Iran has far surpassed the bombardment by the USA and its allies on North Korea in extent, intensity, ferocity, and devastation. No province, city, or town in Iran has escaped their reckless and barbarous air campaign.

The senior political and military hierarchy—both central and provincial—arms and ammunition stores, suspected defence industrial units, and uranium enrichment locations have been targeted. The decapitation of the civil and military leadership, along with extensive devastation and displacement, has apparently failed to lower the morale of the people of Iran or weaken the resolve of their new civil and military leadership to accept any degrading ceasefire.

The collective funeral of Ali Hashim Larijani and the sailors attracted tens of thousands of mourners under the shadow of the air war. The Kurds and the Baloch, who have historically sought self-autonomy, have refused to rebel against the besieged clerical regime at the behest of the evil coalition.

The country remains territorially intact. Its governing and defence systems, though severely battered, are far from collapse. It has so far retained control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, effectively strangling the global economy, and is negotiating with individual countries for the safe passage of their cargo.

As a pragmatic balancing act, President Masoud Pezeshkian has once again assured the neighbouring Gulf States that there will be no further attacks on them. This was prompted by the rapidly evolving........

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