An Iranian official speaking during nighttime protests delivered a message that should be heard clearly in Washington, Jerusalem and every European capital still dreaming of another “historic” agreement with Tehran.
“A new war is certain — in an hour, a day or a year,” he said. “Even if the US surrenders to all our conditions and signs, there will still be war. I guarantee it.”
This is not diplomacy. This is the regime explaining itself.
For years, the West has treated Iran’s threats as bargaining tactics, assuming that enough concessions, sanctions relief, or guarantees could turn the Islamic Republic into a normal state actor. But Tehran’s own language tells a different story: The conflict is not only about uranium, sanctions, missiles or frozen assets. It is about ideology, regime survival and a revolutionary system built around permanent confrontation.