According to the Iranian Tasnim News Agency, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Khamenei stated on the 18th local time that before and after the outbreak of the Iran-American war, Iran's foreign policy was completely different, and the world's perception of Iran as a weak country has completely disappeared.
Al-Aragzi said that in the early stages of the war, U.S. President Trump demanded Iran's 'unconditional surrender'. 'They wanted a surrender, but were disappointed; they wanted a regime change, but were disappointed; they wanted division, but were disappointed... They tried every plan they could think of, yet failed to end the war quickly.'
Alaghazi said that the world has underestimated Iranian officials. "No one would have thought that officials would be sacrificed one after another, but others have not abandoned their duties. None of our staff members, no foreign diplomats, even our local employees, has stopped working."
On August 17th, the 60-day negotiation window set by the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding expired. There are still uncertainties regarding how the US-Iran conflict will develop.
The American Wall Street Journal reported recently that Iran does not place hopes on negotiations, but instead uses the past two months to prepare for a larger conflict. Intelligence indicates that "Iran’s hard-line leadership is making strategic changes, aiming to prepare the military for expanded warfare and increase the costs faced by the United States."
