Mohammad Marandi
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304 appearances
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2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 8 Jul
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The Iranians are saying there has to be a ceasefire and they have to go back to where things were before this war started.
And they can't have the ability to just carry out attacks on Lebanon whenever they like.
Yeah, that's the main leverage that Iran has.
I mean, the Iranians did very well on the battlefield during the 39 days of fighting.
They felt that they won the war, not just that they won the war in the sense that they survived.
They feel that they did actually do a very good job hitting back, whether it was at the Israeli regime or U.S.
bases or assets that were linked to the United States in retaliation
or US allies in retaliation to strikes on Iranian critical infrastructure and civilian targets.
So the self-confidence today among ordinary Iranians is very high.
When the war started, things were very calm in Iran, but not everyone believed we were going to win the war.
There were those, there was a significant segment of the Iranian population that was confident we would win the war.
But there was a significant segment of the population that was very worried.
But it was very interesting how calm things were.
Even when it became clear that Ayatollah Khamenei was martyred, you didn't see people rushing into shops and buying food and things like that.
Everything was normal, even the gas stations.
There may have been some queues or lines, but nothing really extraordinary at the gas station, not in other places.
But then gradually after, let's say, maybe a week, and I'm just guessing, gradually, based on my own anecdotal experience, gradually you saw people become more and more confident.
And after 10 days, two weeks, they believed that they were winning the war.
And when Iran ultimately accepted the ceasefire, after Trump shifted his position from unconditional surrender to a
literally accepting Iran's 10-point plan as the framework for negotiations, a lot of Iranians were saying we should continue the war.
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