He should be allowed to quietly retire, just get him out of the limelight.
Iranian institutions must work on their presentation by emphasizing exact language and professionalism.
Is there a reason as to why idiots like Salami are allowed to continue their nonsensical behavior and have a job?
One shutters to imagine that the reason he is still employed is because he’s friends with other IRGC members and they’re simply looking out for him.
I'm open to this sentiment as it would provide a reason as to why the USN would move an entire CSG that close towards Iranian coastal anti-ship batteries but I don't entirely think this was the case. America could have wanted to very simply position the Carrier as "bait" or as a show of force...
Hmm… I guess there isn’t much to worry about if this is accurate.
USN wouldn’t operate a CSG that close to the Iranian coastline if they had thought hostilities were imminent. Must’ve gotten some sort of assurances from Iran for safe operation and passage.
Many Iranians here on PDF, in Iran and abroad take issue with the lack of professionalism on display from various officials within the Iranian government and military apparatus. It's been a long-standing point of contention and will continue to make Iranians look stupid on the world stage. Of...
It has and potentially will.
I'd like to think that the consequences for Iran are ongoing, look at the hundreds of billions of dollars lost to comprehensive sanction regimes.
It's a retrospective thing HGV.
Various Iranian PDF members in the past have engaged in less than cordial discourse...
Yeah LeGenD, I don't see how Iran can touch US naval assets up to 4000km away without a robust kill-chain that only has been hinted at being based on a constellation of UAVs relaying target information to launch teams. In this regard, Iran has made grandiose statements that are hard to believe...
Bellicose rhetoric is a staple of the region. Various governmental and military officials will have the tendency to make such statements that are largely meant for internal consumption and aren't to be taken too seriously.
I think there is still a strong belief Iran and its relationship with regional proxies/allies is one of a "master and slave" dynamic. -- Clearly Iran supports regional resistance entities on both a ideological basis as well as practical basis but it does not wholly govern what they do. Yes...
Russia being an unreliable partner is (I hope) a thing of the past. The NATO war in Ukraine against the Russian Federation has revealed to Russian leadership that it has very few friends in the Collective West.
We can see that through this recent strategic partnership that has bore the fruit of...
Geopolitically speaking, America is no longer alone at the top of the food chain.
China has economic and military sway and can start doing things on the world stage if it wanted to. Russia is back (not Soviet levels but still a player) and Iran has managed to weather the storm thus far. What...