Marandi, who is the head of North American Studies at the University of Tehran, has been doing the rounds on TV news channels and making his opinion very clear about the situation in the Middle East. He didn’t mince any words when speaking to Sky News’ Mark Austin about the missile barrage, which was Iran’s biggest-ever attack on Israel and saw them launching nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israeli missile targets.
When Austin said that Iran’s missile attack was “a humiliation for Iran” because few of their missiles got through, Marandi was quick to go on the offensive, calling Israel a “racist regime.”
“That's a lot of wishful thinking on behalf of you and your colleagues at Sky News. It was a massive blow to the Israeli regime, and the history of this conflict doesn't go back to last year; it is 76 years of ethno supremacism, ethnic cleansing, and this is a racist regime that you support.”
He also said that should Israel be bold enough to strike back, the world will see what Iran is capable of.
“If they dare strike back in Iran, we will hit them much harder next time. We will beat them into submission,” he promised.
A stunned Austin was quick to cut him off at this point, saying Israel will certainly hit back, as any sovereign nation would after being subjected to 180 missiles.
There are plenty of indications that Israel is poised to strike back soon. Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told the media that Israel's war cabinet is already weighing its options and “will not sit idly by.”
“We have shown our capabilities when we fought Hamas in Gaza, and we are fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon. They better look at what happened in Beirut and in Gaza before they start a war with us,” Danon warned.
Marandi pointed out that Iran has numerous underground missile sites that are set up for these situations but added that he thinks Iran will only go after military targets.
“We've hit their bases, and unlike the Israeli regime, which constantly carries out slaughter and genocide and is carrying out a holocaust in Gaza, we struck their military targets because unlike you, we actually care about human rights.”
When asked what would happen if the latest back-and-forth attacks end up leading to a full-on war and Iran were to lose it, Marandi reiterated that Iran is going to hit back much harder next time around and does not think they will lose.
“The head of the Iranian forces says Iran will destroy – target and destroy – all of the Israeli regime’s infrastructure. This was the tip of the iceberg. Iran will lose no war. The Israeli regime will,” he stated.
According to Marandi, the only wild card here is the U.S. response. He believes that if the U.S. gets involved, the Iraqi resistance will fight back against us and destroy our assets in the Persian Gulf.
“U.S. bases will be destroyed, and the oil and gas markets will cause a situation where the global economy will collapse and millions of people will be on the move. So be careful about making stupid mistakes, and the West should stop with its arrogance and get real for once.”
Not surprisingly, Austin didn’t have a response for that and ended the interview.
U.S. urging Israel not to strike Iranian nuclear sites
Although the Biden-Harris administration has been highly supportive of Israel defending itself until now, Biden has been advising Israel to take a proportional response and made it clear that the U.S. opposes a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear sites.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of his recent security cabinet meeting: “Iran made a big mistake, and it will pay for it.”
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