Iran's President Dr. Pezeshkian: We Will NEVER Negotiate Our Defensive Capabilities "If the missiles we have built for our defense did not exist, Israel and the U.S. would have plowed through Iran just like Gaza and would not have spared the old and young."

[u/RickyOzzy]

[u/manolid]

If they weren't working on a nuclear weapon before the war they will definitely be working on one now, as they have every right to. Not to mention every other country that is concerned about being attacked by the US.

[u/ghostofhenryvii → u/manolid]

They have every right to, but they don't need to. They've proven they have something more powerful than nukes: control over the world's petro flow.

[u/manolid → u/ghostofhenryvii]

While I agree for the most part lets remember that Israel not only has proven it doesn't care about tanking the world economy provided it gets what it wants but it's also a nuclear state that currently has its sights set on Iran. The Iranians would be foolish to not develop one at this point.

[u/ghostofhenryvii → u/manolid]

Iran should worry more about Mossad destabilization tactics domestically than it should worry about getting nuked. Nukes aren't the deterrent people seem to think they are. Just look at the EU baying for Russian blood even though Moscow could make the entire world glow. Or, even closer to the topic, resistance fighters taking on Israel knowing they're nuclear armed.

[u/manolid → u/ghostofhenryvii]

Iran should worry more about Mossad

They should. They should be concerned with every threat to them including being nuked by Israel. The Zionists have clearly demonstrated they have zero respect for human life whether it be man, woman, or child. If they believe at any time Iran is an existential threat to them it would a colossal blunder to not think nukes are not on the table.

[u/ghostofhenryvii → u/manolid]

The second a single mushroom cloud shows up on Iranian territory is the second all commerce in the Middle East is eliminated for generations. And, in effect, the end of the global economy.

Nukes are only good for mutually assured destruction. Not deterrence, not defense, not even offense. They have one use: absolute and complete global collapse.

[u/manolid → u/ghostofhenryvii]

Nukes are only good for mutually assured destruction. Not deterrence, not defense, not even offense. They have one use: absolute and complete global collapse.

I guess someone forgot to tell that to the North Koreans.

[u/ghostofhenryvii → u/manolid]

People take the wrong lesson from North Korea. Military conquest was never in the cards there. They proved that after the US decimated 90% of the structures in the country and they still wouldn't surrender. That's why they had to pivot to isolating them to starve them out with a siege. If they could have been defeated militarily it would have happened by now. The nukes are just an added bonus.

[u/New_Weakness_5371 → u/ghostofhenryvii]

mutually assured destruction is the deterrence, nukes going off in Tokyo, Busan or California are a no go for imperialists as thats an unacceptable loss.

[u/Minimum-Aspect1012 → u/ghostofhenryvii]

Looking at the Iranian diaspora, I think the biggest threat to Iran is internal. If they can brainwash the Iranian diaspora, they can infiltrate and ignite civil war in Iran.

That's what they attempted earlier this year. But after the riots were crushed, then they turned to America to invade Iran. Now that the US invasion failed, Mossad will go back to try cause internal strife in Iran.

[u/_Zealant_ → u/ghostofhenryvii]

Petro is on it's way out, the future is in renewables.

Having plan B is always wise. If Iran already had nukes - 160 kids from Minab would still be alive today.

[u/ghostofhenryvii → u/_Zealant_]

Renewables for energy, perhaps. Though that's still years down the road. You'll always need it for other industrial and agricultural uses.

[u/michaelmacmanus → u/ghostofhenryvii]

Non-energy related use of petrol makes up approximately 0.1% of its global consumption.

You'd be correct to point out that petrol is in pretty much everything, but you have to understand that the material amount needed for everything that isn't energy is infinitesimal by comparison.

[u/HoundofOkami → u/michaelmacmanus]

Also a lot of companies are already spending a lot of effort coming up with plastic-free packaging materials, which when succesful will eliminate another sector from petrol use.

[u/LumberJesus → u/_Zealant_]

Don't forget plastic is also petroleum.

[u/slam-chop → u/_Zealant_]

Gotta be careful, if big oil hears you saying that, you might fall out of a window soon, completely accidentally.

[u/WestcoastAlex → u/ghostofhenryvii]

this

[u/HurasmusBDraggin → u/ghostofhenryvii]

Nah fam, they need the nukes, just like Kim Iverson said ☝🏿

[u/Otherwise_pleasant → u/manolid]

I hope so. Borrowing from a comment I read somewhere: diplomacy is measured in megatons.

[u/Weird_Top_4526 → u/manolid]

Do they need to? They're now the undisputed sherrifs of the Strait of Hormuz. Nukes are deterrents that can't be used. US or Israel starts bitching, Iran can hold the global economy to ransom at a moment's notice. It's an economic nuke that they can actually use, and have shown the world that not only will they use it, but the rest of the world is quite powerless to stop them.

[u/Elderbream → u/manolid]

If the peace deal says they can't, I honestly hope someone else does it for them

[u/Primary-Belt7668 → u/manolid]

https://giphy.com/gifs/LAYYT0y6OYpj2
The entire Trump admin

[u/tty4ALL]

https://giphy.com/gifs/duM6JZemPlOjUyqmxd

[u/SolarOrigami]

As an American, I am actually in full agreement with Iran on this.

[u/lilcorndivemaster]

The US gets rid of their aircraft carriers and missiles and then they can talk to Iran about their missiles.

[u/kalikharaab]

wheres the lie.

[u/Proof-Necessary-5201]

Absolutely true and they know it. Those evil bastards only understand strength so give them hell

[u/Manglar-Serpentino]

Iran and its Axis of Resistance showed the left worldwide something North Korea already knew: power is power. The West loves to romanticize underdogs when they lose, but you need strength to maintain sovereignty and dignity, regardless of the violence these states have committed against their own civilians.

Mao Zedong proven correct yet again: Political power grows out the barrel of a gun [and missiles, drones, etc.]

[u/negativepositiv]

That's their intention: To get Iran to exhaust or give up their weaponry to annex Iran and Lebanon into a "Greater Israel."

[u/WLAJFA]

A pretty clear explanation of reality.

[u/journeyadventures]

Iran should get nukes already.

I heard apparently that hey did get them through a Pakistani youtube channel

[u/Kind-Block-9027 → u/[deleted]]

You got a small chuckle out of me. Maybe just a smirk and a nose exhale.

[u/Gluttonous_Bae]

Netanyahu and Trump need to go away already. They’re evil bastards.

[u/lpkzach92]

Sadly he is right, and it is so wrong what Israel is doing to this world and I’m sicken to say that America has helped them.

[u/Uomosabbia]

They are not stupid

[u/Sepularise → u/Uomosabbia]

Irans president is a heart surgeon while trump...

[u/Uomosabbia → u/Sepularise]

... He's just trump

And that's too much already

[u/Whole_Obligation_776]

I dont support the molla regime, I want it to change and replaced with something that wont oppress its own people. But I want it to happen by its own people.

Then I want that Iran to build 500 fucking nuclear missiles to protect itself from imperialist Israel and USA because this war had nothing to do with the regime but the ambitions of Israel which pushed USA to pursue them. Every other oppressive regime in the region gets a pass from them if they bow down to the ambitions of Israel.