US Policy Toward Iran: Hormuz, Sanctions and Claims of Failure

The logic that says the United States is a global power and cannot fail, reminds me of Al- Nabigha: “You are like the night that overtakes me,” Meaning, he likens his adversary to night, and in the end, it catches up with you wherever you go.

No, the United States failed, and failure was imposed on it.

A ceasefire was imposed on it. Now it's forced diplomatically to accept what was imposed by force.

I insist that the United States failed. And the major failures aren't just about Hormuz.

U.S. bases have become meaningless. A base it abandons before using it. Why?

I mean, you abandon it in ten days? Then why attack the countries where they were, if so?

We strike bases. But you say you evacuated them.

You say you evacuated them ten days ago. Why strike?

Not ten days before. When it struck, when the New York Times published the details.

But let me finish my point. The objective was to strike Arab countries, not bases.

That's, that's, that's your business. That's your conviction.

No, of course not. As far as Iran is concerned, the U.S. and its presence have lost their meaning, and the U.S. can no longer do what it did before to Iran and its allies without these bases.

The point is, in any case, the war ultimately failed, uh…

However we might try to justify it, ultimately, the objectives were not achieved, and the only objective that seems to be sold as having been achieved is what Iran promised us: “We’ll negotiate with you”— what it was doing before the war.

As for all these details, what have you given Iran, and what will you give it, that is the framework of this agreement. This framework says the U.S. must do one, two, three, four, and Iran must open the Strait.

That means you have to verify what the U.S. does, and that has never been part of Iran’s history with the U.S. But, Doctor, the—the— the framework matters for this reason: if the U.S. doesn’t comply, Iran won’t comply either,

and unlike before, Iran’s leverage this time isn’t its nuclear program.

An order in Hormuz: no passage. Everything ends. It stops.

What does the United States offer at zero hour?

Stopping the war in Lebanon and beginning the withdrawal of U.S. forces, Lifting or suspending— precisely, suspension, suspending, suspending.

Withdrawal of U.S. forces? Israeli forces, There are details now, but lifting or suspending oil sanctions, and this is what the United States was offering in exchange for a comprehensive nuclear deal in 2015, and third, uh, uh, freeing up some of Iran's funds,

Within 24 hours, Iran can verify whether, I mean, the agreement has— has— come into effect on these terms or not, and then respond by opening the strait to the United States.

Here, Iran, uh, with its capabilities, imposed things for itself and imposed things for its ally.

These are also signs of American failure.

Notice that one of the strategic goals was to fragment and end the Axis of Resistance, Today, the United States guarantees that Israel will not attack Hezbollah.

No, the second point, uh… The second point is that, in the end, we are facing a new reality, There is a shared Arab- Turkish- Iranian interest in building a regional order that restrains Israel, which is biting off territory to the west,

east, north, and south. This is a shared interest.

I mean, I mean, the danger to the Arab world isn't Iran, the danger comes from Israel.

Go ahead. The rhetoric that puts Iran's support for the resistance and Israel's encroachment on southern Lebanon in the same category, that's dubious rhetoric, dubious rhetoric.

How will it be given…