If US is actually winning and has all the leverage , can you explain why Iran hasn't really budged in its demands from US re conditions to end the war and open the strait?, until you explain the steadfastness of the Iranian side in its negotiations with US,
Because it’s a classic negotiation dilemma. The demands Iran made was based on the reality in March 2026 and June 2026. Not the reality in November 2026. Iran has lost alot of its leverage courtesy of retards like Qalibaf and Rezaei.
It is the same problem in Ukraine, Zelensky still thinks it’s June 2022 where Russia was retreating from Ukraine in large amounts and regrouping. He doesn’t want to admit the realities on the ground in 2026.
But Iran has doubled down in desperation to get back to MoU. The issue is the reason it got the MoU in June was because it had control of the strait. It no longer has control and at best it can harass tankers. But 20 tankers go in and 10% get hit means 90% came out. Not enough to revert oil output back to April 2026 levels.
So Iran backed itself into a corner demanding the 7 principles of MoU be fulfilled. Now that reality has changed, it chose to double down. Once you double down, any retreat is considered major weakness by your enemy. So iran has no moves to play outside of escalation. Which again goes against Iranian strategic patience. So they are once again under No War No Peace due to a Khamenai.
Rezaie is not the idiot you make him out to be, so I suggest you cool down on the rhetoric against him, but that's just my suggestion, you can continue to belittle him and face the embarrassment when he's proven right in the end.
Rezaie is an old man. The human brain is in its peak form from 30 years old to 50 years old. Beyond that age it degrades and gets risk averse and reeks of prejudice. That is the problem too many nations don’t realize today, having these old men lead such complex foreign policy matters is not wisdom, it’s idiocy.
How many of you would let your grandfathers make the most important decisions in your life right now? Let alone the fate of a country.
