On April 19, Israeli missiles and drones flew over the countries of the "Shiite Arc", not only attacking Iran's military facilities in Syria and other countries, but also finally landing in Iran, which not only caused the whole country to shake, civil aviation was grounded, and even the world was shocked.
However, at a time when the world is worried that the situation will get out of control and the confrontation will escalate, Iran, which has always been known as the "nemesis of Israel", has unexpectedly lowered its posture.
Not only in terms of propaganda, Iranian officials are trying to downplay the situation, for example, describing the "explosion" over Isfahan as the interception effect of "air defense system activation". The international media generally believed that it was the Israeli missile that "landed" and caused the explosion.
A senior Iranian official told Reuters directly that Tehran did not immediately plan to strike back at Israel on the "latest incident".
And intelligence experts in the Middle East have bluntly told the media that the current round of confrontation between Israel and Iran has "ended."
Iran's resolute admission is not surprising at all.
Although the day of the Israeli attack on April 19 was also the 85th birthday of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Many people don't understand that Iran's diplomatic buildings were first bombed, the generals were killed, and now the leader's birthday has been disturbed.
That's it, isn't it too "hard-mouthed" and too cowardly?
In fact, in the international game, especially in the chaotic Middle East, diplomatic voices can be "loud and loud", but when it is really about to face "escalation", the side that is beaten has to see if its own capital is enough to maintain the situation in the "escalation situation".
It's not about "whether you can win" or not, but whether you can still exist or not.
Moreover, for many politicians in the Middle East, whether the ruling power can be maintained is the most important thing, the most typical is that the status of the Assad regime in Syria - Iran's "Revolutionary Guards" and the Russian army is higher than that of the US military in Iraq.
In fact, Iran is the most typical "mouth cannon king" in the Middle East, because the current Iran is not only a poor country and poor people, but also a river that is declining and life is difficult.
Everyone in Zimbabwe is a billionaire, and the same is true in Iran today.
A middle-class Iranian has a staggering monthly income of up to 200 million Iranian riyals.
Because the latest exchange rate of the Iranian rial and the US dollar on the black market is, 1 to 700,000,
For less than $300, you can only afford 150 kilograms of rice ($2/kg), or 30 kilograms of beef ($10/kg) and 300 kilograms of white bread ($1/kg).
But that's an income that only wealthy Iranians have.
In fact, the average monthly income in Iran is only $225, with most people earning between $150 and $250.
The good news is that four years ago for $10 in Iran, you could buy 1 kilogram of beef, and now it is.
The funniest thing is that the purchasing power of the dollar in Iran in recent years has been comparable to that in the United States.
And before 2018, Iran actually had a pretty good time. However, due to Iran's overly stubborn mouth
ran into Trump, a tough president, so after the sanctions landed, the prosperity that Obama brought to Iran came to an abrupt end. But up to this point, Iran has been able to survive thanks to tourism, although it has been somewhat bleak.
In 2019, tourism accounted for 3% of Iran's GDP, with a scale of 11.8 billion US dollars, and is the main foreign exchange earner.
But with the outbreak of the pandemic, Iran's tourism industry has been hit hard as a result.
After Biden took office, he did not restart the "Iran Nuclear Agreement" as Iran expected.
Iran's hardliners continue to expand their influence in the Middle East, and they are depleting Iran's last remaining foreign exchange base. Therefore, when Israel began to be serious with Iran, Iran had to take the initiative to hand over the ladder.
In the final analysis, the world is not getting poorer and more horizontal, and the statement of "sacrificing their lives for the poor" is purely on paper. For example, during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, the army owed military salaries for a long time, and beggars were abundant, so that the Ming army looked at the Qing army and left, and even in order to avoid the war, in the "Wuyin Change", there was a "Longgu false report".
The real situation is that "the poorer you are, the more warless you are", especially since Iranians know very well that the current predicament is the time when Iran's theocratic government is created.
Iran's current sovereign government stems from the wave of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, but the protesters at that time did not expect that the "divine leader" Khomeini, who had been calling for him for a long time, not only did not let Iran enter a "rich modern society", but instead became a "theocratic poor country".
Therefore, the Iranian intelligentsia has always been opposed to the Iranian government and Khamenei.
That's why Iran is like a big leaky sieve, and Israeli agents can eliminate whomever they want. Even Soleimani, who has the title of "Fox of the Middle East" and manipulates Iraq and Syria, easily died on the streets of Iraq.
It is no wonder that the Iranians are so "bulk", because under the leadership of Khamenei, Iran now has a "gray future" and it is difficult to see the light of day - after all, four years ago, the Iranian rial was 1:210,000 against the dollar.
For Iranians, Biden is already a proper "good man", and once Trump takes office, Iran's situation may deteriorate even more.
This can be seen from the fact that today's conservative voters in the United States have revealed their true feelings after Israel's attack on Iran, as well as their "dissatisfaction" with Biden's constant control of the situation.
"'I think Biden has made mistakes on almost every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,' said former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates of Biden [on Israel and Iran]. You can count on Biden, to continue to keep that record intact. ”
"Iran is the sole source of instability in the Middle East. Whatever the cost, Iran's leaders, Revolutionary Guards, and nuclear facilities must be eliminated. Either do it now, or it will be worse later. ”
"[Retaliation to Iran] has to be done. Iran attacks Israel directly, not certain assets or proxies outside Israel. Israel's failure to respond will only embolden Iran. Peace through force, albeit only to a certain extent. But with Iran, you need to show that you are willing to act. ”
The hostility of traditional American society towards Iran is not unreasonable. Because in the year of the "Islamic Revolution" in Iran, Khomeini suddenly triggered the "Iranian hostage crisis".
For many years, Iran has been behind the Middle East groups that oppose Israel and the United States, from Hamas to the Houthis.
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