There’s ‘No room for diplomacy,’ a senior Iranian official tells CNN
No Room for Diplomacy
Please consider this CNN interview ‘No room for diplomacy’
In this exclusive interview in Tehran, Kamal Kharazi, Foreign Policy Advisor to the office of the Supreme Leader, tells CNN’s Fred Pleitgen Iran can continue with the war for a long time and he doesn’t see room for diplomacy anymore. CNN is operating in Iran with the permission of the Iranian government, as required under local regulations. CNN maintains full editorial control over what it reports. The Iranian government does not review, approve, or preview CNN’s reporting prior to publication or broadcast.
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Translated: A senior Iranian political official: Trump is seeking, through intermediaries, to connect with us and Washington to end the war, but at the same time, he claims the opposite. Trump states in interviews with American media that there is no specific timeline for ending the war, which contradicts the messages he is sending to us. This American contradiction reflects a state of chaos and deep crisis that Trump is going through, where he has found himself in a major predicament without possessing a clear path out of this quagmire. Tehran has firmly informed the intermediaries that it is not receiving any message from the American side and will not respond to it Iran has a firm and resolute stance with a strategic objective, which is not to respond to any initiative until the Zionist entity retreats and completely collapses after all the crimes it has committed in the region and the chaos it has caused in the world.
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What’s Your Favorite Part of the Golden Age?
Whatever your answer, that’s OK .
Q: Why?
A: Trump says “It’s a small price to pay.”
“ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!”
Phew, I’m relieved. The “Golden Age” is only delayed for day or two, or 365. It doesn’t matter.
Israel has started bombing the oil structures in Iran to cut off the economic money to the military as you have noted to end the war
NYMEX Futures Low today $81.37 May 79.02 June 75.52 July 72.58. Does anyone see a trend. People that talk with money are saying this will last. If are not talking with money – it is hot air.
Iran led by mullahs is a cancer, attacking the US with every opportunity. Iran was heavily involved in Iraq attacking US bases and soldiers. Trump took out an Iranian general in Iraq in his first term before Iran attempted additional attacks. Iran attacks the US mainly through its network of terrorists. Iran had grand visions to become so heavily armed that it was untouchable. In a few years, Iran would have missiles that could strike the US. Without Trump’s strike in June, Iran would be close to nuclear weapons at some level.
Most posters here want appeasement. Obama and Biden had a major appeasement deal that only slowed Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Europe wants appeasement, preferring to buy peace with the evil mullahs. The Arab states are afraid of Iran and its network of terrorists. The Arab states will be happy to see the mullahs gone, but they do not want to dirty their hands with defense against the vicious actions of Iran. The Arab states are afraid (with good reason) of Iranian inspired coups in their countries.
Trump has decided in risky moves not to kick the can down the road. He arrested Maduro and his wife in a bold move. While Biden put a bounty on Maduro (hoping someone would do his dirty work), Trump did the work directly.
Iran is a major gamble by Trump to rid the world of the evil mullah led regime. Iran can only fight indirectly through its network of terrorists as well as hoping that Trump hatred and political pressure gets Trump to relent.
I support Trump in this war for his effort to clean house now. Bush, although misguided about the after war chaos, did the right thing in Iraq. SH was a cancer aimed at the US. He would have been patient to wait patiently and work with networks of terrorists. Now, Iraq is a reasonably stable country without threats to the US. I hope that Iran can find the same level of stability and prosperity after the mullahs depart.
Your an idiotic fool. The America you are thinking about never existed and was a fantasy perpetrated on you bc of your wet dreams about Trump.
I challenge you to refute anything in my post. You can only unfounded, personal insults rather than offer reasonable debate. You are so committed to your position that anyone who disagrees is an idiot. I acknowledge the gamble that Trump has made. I acknowledge that war is ugly. Perhaps perpetual appeasement will work. The future is not knowable. I prefer that the can not be kicked down the road. I acknowledge other preferences.
“Iran can only fight indirectly through its network of terrorists”
That is wrong, they have droned neighbors and will continue
When the flying F did Iran ever attack the US until now?
The answer is never
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🚀 Rocket City MAGA
Are you kidding?
Witkoff himself, standing in for the deep state, said that he was flummoxed when Iran refused to capitulate [!]
How easy would it be for Iran to mine the shipping lanes in the strait of Hormuz?
Pretty easy: https://www.twincities.com/2026/03/09/james-stavridis-iran-can-turn-the-persian-gulf-into-a-minefield/
Pretty hard with no Navy boats left! [rotflol]
That is there old playbook and it was what they were starting to do when we began sinking their boats one after the other.
They’ve done it.
Mish
can you do a readers poll as to when readers predict the Iran war will be over?
I predict April 1. April fools day in the US and Islamic Republic Day in Iran.
I predict Trump will TACO although it might be disguised somehow.
Iran will endure massive bombings and many civilian casualties but will continue to hold firm (at the insistence of their leaders who are now in bomb shelters).
US citizens will whine about the price of gas and the losses in their 401k’s until the administration caves.
Is Trump even driving the train?
Would he be allowed to quit and get out, torpedoing the global full-spectrum dominance that is at the core identity of America?
I believe Iran will want to balance the books before this ends.
What Irns wants and what Iran is able to do are two completely different things.
All these Arabs do nothing but boast like that idiot with the chestful of medals he gave himself in Houti land. Too funny!
Iran is in the drivers’ seat.
They’re taking it through the November midterms.
Trump & Israel are downplaying how disastrous their invasion is going.
Israel & the Gulf monarchies are sitting ducks, practically defenseless. Iran will continue to bomb Western banks & tech companies in the ME, and try to keep it a secret.
Even if Trump does a TACO, Iran is not going to agree to a cease-fire & let Israel & the U.S. recover, re-arm, and attack again.
The U.S. will be driven out of the Middle East. Israel may not recover.
The big question: Will Israel use its nukes? If they do, how will Iran, Russia, China, & N Korea respond?
The SPR charts just happens to end at the peak of draws wheich were already getting rebuilt by Biden IN 2024, and Trump since.
This is wrong. Trump has been able to, and has, built back SPR. Not to mention Biden was building it back from where your 2024 chart ends,
Trump got goated into a stupid war by Israel and his yes men and doesn’t want to fight now as it’s messing with his stock market and interest rates. He’s very sensitive to dow jones drops and really wants low, preferably 0% interest rates for his personal commercial empire benefit. Iran doesn’t want to fight either. The leaders there are happy just having power and oppressing their poor people. They want to stay alive as long as possible. They haven’t closed the strait as most of the media claims. Except to US and Israel, understandable as there’s an active war taking place. If Iran was serious and wanted to escalate this they would blockade the strait. And before everyone overanalyzes the difficulties in blockading a 20 mile gap of water they should look at history and what the Germans did to the Soviet Baltic fleet or what Americans did to Japanese shipping later in the war…lay mines. Until that happens oil will not go to $300 or $200. Maybe $150 but $120 is likely top because of oversupply and slowing global demand.
Iran cannot lay mines without ships.
Americans laid mines to Japanese ports with planes. Iranians have drones I’m sure they can figure it out
Actually they have mini submarines that can accomplish that – not that they need to. FPV drones can make passing through the straight too dangerous.
When a nation is serious about fighting a total war it will destroy its bridges and infrastructure like the Soviets did in 1941. If Iranians were serious about fighting this was for 10 years they would mine the strait. Instead they have said it’s open except to US and Israeli ships.
We have subs patrolling that area, ready to torpedo any attempts to mine.
It doesn’t take big naval ships to mine the strait, they can do it covertly with small boats or almost any craft. They have had years to prepare for this and certainly have a plan in place to do so. Read Admiral Stavridis’s Bloomberg Opinion piece today, where he explains all this in detail.
So why aren’t they doing it, Mr. Armchair Quaterback?
“We are ready for 10 years of war with the United States — we have a prepared plan for such a period, said IRGC adviser Brigadier General Sardar Ebrahim Jabbari.”
This is starting to remind me of things Saddam Hussein said during the Gulf War
“Allah is on our side. That is why we will beat the aggressor.”
We are not intimidated by the size of the armies or the type of hardware the U.S. has brought.”
The war will end with dignity, glory, and triumph for your people, army, and nation.”
The blowhard assuring everyone that victory has already been achieved with the enemy about to surrender is not the guy speaking from Iran
Ship Tracker shows a large percentage of the ships that were at anchor in the Straight of Oman firing up their engines and forming up into nice neat line. To me this means that shipping in and out will resume shortly.
A chemical tanker already went through without incident and I followed its progress without reported incident, no wonder oil prices collapsed.
This supposed war was a lot like a NFL football team taking on a few pre schoolers.
It was a massacre more than a war.
In the Persian Gulf, the ships are not yet forming up to exit in such a clear line. Although more are pulling anchors and engines are re-started. A few have moved back to the ports where they might be getting filled with crude or refined products.
Visual shipping evidence is strong that this part of the shitshow is pretty much over.
Now come the aftershocks and repercussions.
All it takes is one ship hit and sunk and all traffic will end immediately
No, the Straight of Hormuz is over 20 miles wide at its narrowest point and most of it is deep enough for VLCC’s to pass. I was surprised by my research into how difficult it would be to close it. Iran simply can not do it at this point. If they hit a ship the captain would take the ship into shallow waters asap and ground it. There are also heavy lift recovery ships in the area to clear whatever debris are left behind.
Much ado about nothing. Iran is toast, with a few disjointed ragtag units remaining active with the potential to fire a few rockets or set drones off on missions.
As far as the Iranian citizens wanting to adopt western values? Trump should walk down the Main Street of Tehran and see how he is treated.
My guess is that he would be ground to a burger like consistency in minutes.
It’s not that simple IMHO. I’m no Admiral, but check out this article by someone who is:
https://www.twincities.com/2026/03/09/james-stavridis-iran-can-turn-the-persian-gulf-into-a-minefield/
A sillier comment is to speculate about $300 oil.
Seems like Iran’s readiness has taken a huge hit. Good luck with your “long war” Iran.
The American troops will be the ones who need good luck. It will be a meat grinder.
Machiavelli famously said: Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.
Israel and the U.S. do not get to decide where or how this ends. Analysts said from the very beginning that the course of the war will be unpredictable and it was a very risky move on the part of the U.S. and Israel to start it.
The war will be over forthwith.
All Iran requires is:
US 5th fleet Naval HQ in Bahrain hit, THAAD radars destroyed and the refinery in Haifa hit. I don’t think Iran wants to stop.
Well Trump says he has a plan for oil. I hope it’s not as comprehensive as his health care plan.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-stock-prices-down-oil-prices-up-despite-trump-reassurance/
Timeline to end Iran war? Trump signals decision will be only after ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu
Does Trump have to give BiBI a blowjob?
That’s laughable. Netanyahoo would never agree to end this war, he has worked for years to get the US to attack Iran. Every day of fighting means Iran is being weakened and using up more of its military stocks. From his perch, the US spending $1-2 billion a day attacking Iran is money well spent—next he has to get them to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza so that Israelis can have room on the beach to spread out.
What challenge? Iran challenged the US by not rolling over on command. I mean, they shot back! It seems that they are not mere camel herders after all.
Shot back? With a max hit rate of 00.1%.
Not even one of our fighters shot down by enemy fire. The only aircraft lost were from friendly fire. Iran’s military capacity is a fart in the wind compared to ours.
Trump might be an asshole for using it, but our military is shockingly powerful!
If you read the MSM and listen to the administration all is wonderful and no damage was suffered. I’m not convinced. It would not surprise me, for example, if the 3 jets in Kuwait were shot down by Iran.
How would you know?
You are citing the official copes [!]
13 American soldiers got killed on the US retreat out of Afghanistan, which wasn’t as humiliating as the Fall of Saigon, which wasn’t as humiliating as losing to ONE enemy soldier in Lebanon. “Shockingly powerful”???
Iran reminds me of Monty Python’s Black Knight!
The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg (1946) defined the “crime of aggression” (then termed “crimes against peace”) as the “supreme international crime,” holding that it differs from other war crimes only in that “it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole”.
The judgment established that by initiating a war of aggression, leaders become responsible for all the subsequent atrocities, destruction, and war crimes that occur during that conflict.
Right after they address Covid vaccinations.
Persecutory delusion.
They were all upset by the Holocaust. .
Well Trump says the war is over. Time to pack it up and go home I guess. Nothing to see here, nothing to worry about. /s
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
He was definitely looking for an offramp when he commented days ago that Iran was basically surrendering when it apologized for attacking its neighbors.
There never was room for diplomacy. That is why American presidents for decades have said that Iran must never get nuclear weapons. Now is the last chance to stop them.
Perhaps the United States should not have overthrown the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953? Was there room for diplomacy back then?
Mosaddegh was not elected by the people, Iran’s Parliament voted for him and he was appointed Prime Minister by the Shah.
That is not accurate. Mosaddegh was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. The CIA and the British overthrew him in a coup and replaced him with a dictator, the Shah, who promptly arrested and imprisoned Mosaddegh.
This is not correct; the Shah was in charge and appointed Mosaddegh Prime Minister. Later, Mosaddegh nationalized the foreign-owned oil companies. Iran lacked the ability to operate their oil industry, and the Shah fired Mosaddegh. But Mosaddegh staged a coup and would not step down. That is when the CIA and the British removed Mosaddegh. Reza Shah was in place since 1925.
Imagine if Columbus hadn’t discovered North Amrica!
How is this the last time to stop them? What exactly is happening that will prevent them from buying or creating new nuclear weapons in the future? Do you think they will forget how to make a nuke?
What if North Korea, Russia, or China says, “here you go, you know what to do with it.”
I’m sure there a few still available from the collapse of the Soviet Union. I seriously doubt they were all accounted for. That’s probably where Saudi Arabia got theirs.
They also funded Pakistan’s nuclear program and reportedly received 4-7 as part of the deal.
You put in a government that prefers peace to ideology. Like what happened with Japan and Germany.
Or like Afghanistan, 20 years and trillions of dollars. how did that work out? How did Iraq work out? How did Libya, Syria, Vietnam, Korea, etc work out?
In Afghanistan, there are no leaders who want peace. Iraq is a basket case, but it is no threat to the USA or anyone else. Libya was fine until Obama bombed Gaddafi. Syria is like Afghanistan. Vietnam and Korea have vibrant economies today. North Korea is a problem because no American president would step up to stop them. Do you think Iran should be the next North Korea?
I think North Korea should be the next Iran, bombed to smithereens with the rolly polly dictator and his daughter protégé killed or executed.
The reason this hasn’t been done is because of China next door. If NK could be shown as a danger to China, I’m sure that Xi would approve of the US taking care of “bidness” in NK!
It takes a lot of equipment and we and all the Israel spies will be watching. If they get close again, we will bomb them again. Perhaps next time, the Iranian resistance will be prepared and have the cojones to stand up and fight the IRGC.
Iran and most Countries have to face the fact that the American Empire has probably Peaked .. ..and is now in Decline. But that
new reality will not be accepted in America without a lot of lashing out, Iran knows they will face a massive firestorm but think they can weather it. Now we wait and see if Iran has really outfoxed Israel and America for possibly several more turbulent weeks ? Some experts say that if Iran does not surrender by then it will be enough to confim that America and Israel have indeed Peaked?
It all comes back to Epstein.
Who is that. Never heard of him before😂😂😂
MSM says 7th service member death. Major in Bahrain didn’t count heart attack.
Israeli Channel 14 admitted on air that Iran’s launch capability is increasing despite the strikes.
We’ve been hardening their military and economic system for decades, by constantly screwing with them. They will have more surprises.
Hopefully none that involve biological weapons.
Im not sure who to believe. Iranians lie, CNN lies, the US gov lies, people lie all the time!
“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.” Timely when Solzhenitsyn was quoted in The Observer in 1974. And timely now.
The conflict is officially being called:
Beforehand it was being cited as
A lot of money is being spent to blow up a lot of stuff, and no clear reason has been given, that much is clear.
Follow the money to the Adelson family.
It takes an IQ about 95 to understand the situation, which is why you are having problems.
I’m waiting for DOD to top their Jessica Lynch story!
I think the bombed girl’s school rises to that level… but they can always do more.
How do you know that is a not a defunkt missle that Iran fired. As I remember there were lots of missles fired in Gaza that did not work. Are telling me that Iranian missles are 100% realiable??? Maybe they should not put a school in the same walled compound as an IRGC base packed with explosive materials too.
What if it were a “defunkt missle that Iran fired”? Without an attack that Isreal ordered the US to make, Iran wound never have fired such a “defunkt” missle. Apparently, you don’t understand cause and effect.
Why should anyone care?
QUICK! STOP THE BOMBING! SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED!
What do you think this is the Biden or Obama admins?
Old saying. Unknown who is source.
“I lie about everything and everything I say is a lie”.
You forgot the biggest liar of all. Go to YouTube or X and watch Netanyahu’s many “Iran is two years/months/weeks away from having nukes” going back 30+ years and his urge for the US armed forces to fight in Iraq in his propaganda push for that war.