Exclusive: Iran is ready for a long war with the US and only economic pain will end it, senior official tells CNN | CNN
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A top Iranian official has warned that the government is prepared for a long war with the US and signaled that it is willing to continue attacking Gulf countries in an effort to persuade them to convince President Donald Trump to step back from the conflict.

A top Iranian official has warned that the government is prepared for a long war with the US and signaled that it is willing to continue attacking Gulf countries in an effort to persuade them to convince Donald Trump to step back from the conflict.

The warning came in an exclusive CNN interview in Tehran with Kamal Kharazi, foreign policy adviser to the office of the Supreme Leader, who ruled out diplomacy for now and said the war would only end through economic pain – signaling a hardening of the government’s stance on day 10 of the conflict.

“I don’t see any room for diplomacy anymore. Because Donald Trump had been deceiving others and not keeping with his promises, and we experienced this in two times of negotiations – that while we were engaged in negotiation, they struck us,” Kharazi told CNN on Monday.

  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    This depends on their production capabilities but they may not even need the nukes per se. If they can burn through US and Israeli AA munitions they may be able to simply bombard US bases and Israel until maintaining war is effectively impossible.

    For quick context the US builds about 600 patriot missiles per year, the Iranians have already destroyed 800. Their chaf drones and missiles are rather effective against American equipment, but then again they’ve had 50 years to prepare.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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      49 minutes ago

      If they can burn through US and Israeli AA munitions they may be able to simply bombard US bases and Israel until maintaining war is effectively impossible.

      That’s a reasonable play now, but it does nothing to ensure this won’t happen again. The US has the industrial capacity to ramp that 600 to 6000 if need be.