Bombs are falling on Tehran. Missiles are striking cities across Iran. And amid the devastation, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stepped forward with an offer. Three conditions, he says, that could end the war.
The terms are stark. Iran wants its legitimate rights recognised. It wants reparations for the damage inflicted. And it wants firm international guarantees that it will not face attack again. Pezeshkian announced the conditions in a post on social media, saying he had spoken with the leaders of Russia and Pakistan and reaffirmed Iran’s commitment to peace in the region.
But even as the president spoke of peace, Iran’s military was issuing threats. Armed forces spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi reportedly said that no port, economic centre or location in the Persian Gulf would be beyond Iran’s reach if the US attacked Iranian port facilities.
If Iranian ports were threatened, he said, all ports and docks in the region would become legitimate targets. He warned of a heavier military operation than anything carried out so far. He also called on countries in the region to expel American forces from their soil.
The human cost is mounting. The US and Israeli bombing campaign has killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with a string of senior military commanders. But it has also killed ordinary civilians. Homes have been destroyed. Public buildings lie in rubble. Many Iranians are angry.
Yet that anger has nowhere to go. Iranian authorities have threatened deadly force against anyone who dares protest. People who might otherwise take to the streets are holding back — waiting, perhaps, for the bombs to stop first.
Behind closed doors, Israeli officials have acknowledged uncomfortable truths. There is no certainty the war will bring down Iran’s clerical government. There is no sign of an uprising. And despite Donald Trump’s suggestions that the conflict may end soon, Israel believes Washington is not close to calling a halt, according to Reuters, which cited two Israeli officials.
For ordinary Iranians, the horizon looks dark. Sanctions are strangling the economy. Protests have killed thousands. And for a population that has endured so much, there is little sign of better times ahead.
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