Vardan Voskanyan, an Iranologist and head of the Department of Iranian Studies at the YSU Faculty of Oriental Studies, commented on the Iran-US developments: "At the current stage of the Iran-US conflict, it is clear that President Trump's demands are, in fact, about the surrender of Tehran without a battle, which will never happen, and it is impossible to bring Iran to its knees without long-term and bloody ground military operations, moreover, with unclear prospects."
The US President himself has created a situation from which it is extremely questionable, if not impossible, to exit with a short and spectacular military operation. Of course, the US can carry out a few symbolic and moderate strikes aimed at saving face and then end the "war" with a social media post, but Iran's military and political figures at almost all levels insist that this time there will be no small local war, but an attack on this country. will lead to major instability involving the entire region.
There is no doubt that Iran is capable of turning a possible local conflict into a major regional war and instability, which, on the one hand, prompts Turkey and a number of Arab countries to intensify diplomatic pressure on Washington to prevent such a conflict, and on the other hand, forces President Trump to bear its consequences for too long."
