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This past Saturday, March 7th, Ali Larijani appeared on Iranian State TV.

He is Iran's top national security official.

Larajani said, quote, Mr. Trump got a taste of what happened in Venezuela and liked it,

thinking he could do quickly the same in Iran. Now he's stuck. We will not leave him alone. He must pay the price for what he did.

End quote. Larijani continued.

Quote, these are the final breaths. When a government and an enemy, fails to reach its goals, it begins to flail.

I believe Mr. Trump should admit he made a mistake and was deceived by Israel.

Well, fix it, admit you were wrong. Why are you flailing?

He then adds, there were heavy economic blows and bombardments, but they didn't achieve their results.

And we will not let them go.

The Americans must know we won't leave them alone.

You have left a scar on our hearts.

We will not let you be.

You must accept that you no longer have the right to aggregate against Iran.

End quote.

Okay.

Well, bellicose language like that is to be expected in any conflict, any war, harder to discern

is what's actually happening inside Iran and what Iran hopes to achieve with its strategy

of attacking regional neighbors, choking off the Strait of Hormuz,

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