Iran Didn’t Bend — It Outsmarted, Outlasted, and Out‑armed the United States
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi describes a war the U.S. thought would be easy — and a country that refused to kneel. He says the U.S. went in convinced Iran was weak, convinced Iran would surrender in days, convinced the public would turn on the government. None of that happened. Iran didn’t break. Iran didn’t fold. Iran fought, rebuilt, and came back stronger.
Araghchi says the first miscalculation was the American belief that Iran could be forced into concessions through pressure and negotiation. When that failed, they launched the 12‑day war. Iran won that fight, and instead…
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