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📝| READ: To understand better the issue of Iran not retaliating, we dive deeper into more complex problems that have created itself due to Iran’s current administration.

I’m going to write this in a manner so that everyone can understand it.

Giving a response/retaliation against israel, is a matter of both political as military permissions and capabilities.

Military wise, Iran has no issues. During April 1st “Operation True/Fullfilled Promise,” Iran retaliated against israel setting a new deterence while expecting a military response by israel, therefore Iran’s military (both the army & IRGC) were prepared, ready and awaiting for the worst case scenario.

The problem here is political. Operation True Promised was carried out during Iran’s former administration under martyr Raisi. The Raisi government was very pro-resistance but also very anti-imperialism, or rather anti-westoxification. Raisi’s government while not neglecting the West and being open to communication on negotiations regarding sanctions, it never compromised Iran’s redlines and resistance culture.

The new Pezeshkian governemnt of Iran, however, set forward a different approach. Pezeshkian’s administration is really just Zarif & his gang. Zarif is, albeit being supposedly pro-resistance, is not so much of an anti-west person. This last one is not binding to just one person, but mirrors to every official, small or important, that he puts into office. In order to not drift away too deep into this topic, which is a whole topic on itself, let’s limit it to: ‘Zarif trusts the Americans way too much’.

The issue of not retaliating/direct confrontation by Iran is a political issue, and that of Zarif’s & gang (under the cover of Pezeshkian—who’s not really much of a persona here). In the video attached, Foad Izadi, an Iranian expert on American affairs says on Soraya’s program that the Americans are experts in mindgames. After the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh,