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00:19Any war against Iran will turn into a regional war, and everyone will burn.
00:26These words come from Hossein Javani, a senior voice linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard,
00:33and they land at a critical moment.
00:36This is happening less than a year after the so-called 12-day war, a brief but intense
00:42military confrontation in mid-2025 between Iran on one side and the United States and
00:50Israel on the other.
00:51U.S. and Israeli strikes hit Iranian nuclear facilities.
00:57Iran fired back, targeting regional assets, including the U.S. Al-Udayd base in Qatar.
01:05The war ended without a clear winner, but the aftershocks were real.
01:10Iran emerged economically strained, facing domestic protests and deep pressure at home.
01:18In Washington, President Trump pushed for talks not just on Iran's nuclear program,
01:24but also ballistic missiles and Iran's regional influence.
01:29Iran, however, is insisting on a much narrower agenda — nuclear issues only, nothing more.
01:38This is where Javani's statements matter.
01:41He frames the U.S. as weak, claiming America returned to the table not out of diplomacy, but
01:48out of desperation.
01:50This message isn't new.
01:52IRGC figures have used this rhetoric for years, rejecting talks publicly while negotiations
01:58continue quietly through back channels.
02:02Experts call this performative deterrence.
02:05Loud threats designed to project strength, mask vulnerability, and gain leverage at the table.
02:12Inside Iran, this also reveals a power struggle.
02:16Hardliners in the IRGC see the U.S. as an existential enemy.
02:22Pragmatists want limited deals to ease sanctions and stabilize the economy.
02:28Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini's warnings about a regional war amplify the threat.
02:35But history suggests caution.
02:37We've seen this before.
02:39In 2020, after the killing of Qasem Soleimani, Iran promised fire, but stopped short of all-out
02:47war.
02:48And that's the key question now.
02:50Do these threats mean war is coming?
02:54Most analysts say not necessarily.
02:57Iran is economically weak.
02:59It lacks strong, great power backing.
03:02And if war were truly imminent, Iran likely wouldn't be talking at all.
03:07Instead, this rhetoric buys time, tests U.S. resolve, and tries to force concessions without
03:15firing the next shot.
03:17For now, behind the bluster and burning words, diplomacy, fragile and fraught, is still very
03:25much alive.
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