"Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure. Is it a crude pressure tactic? Or the result of a spoiler once again duping POTUS into another quagmire? Whatever the causes, outcome is the same: Iranians never bow to pressure."

The Analysis:

While the region is engulfed in the flames of conflict and the Iranian people face Trump’s direct insults and overt threats, Foreign Minister Araghchi appears to be out of sync with reality.

At a moment that demands a rhetoric matching the gravity of the current confrontation, the Minister retreats to a narrative that "exonerates the adversary" by shifting the blame onto a third party. This seems like a futile attempt to sugarcoat blatant American hostility behind a veil of "deception and misinformation."

Portraying Washington as a "led" or "duped" power is a logic that no longer convinces anyone. In fact, it is an insult to the intellect in the midst of a direct war that has no room for verbal maneuvering. Those who pull the trigger and issue the orders to bomb are the true enemies and the ones solely responsible—not mere "victims" of some third-party spoilers.