Iranologist Vardan Voskanyan writes:
"American unofficial sources claim that the Pentagon will be ready for possible military operations against Iran by the end of this week.
On the other hand, according to the previous statement of Foreign Minister Araghchi, Iran is also ready for both military and diplomatic solutions.
The parties are carrying out significant military movements on the real ground. The US is increasing its military forces in the region, and Iran is partially closing the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in history, which is immediately followed by a joint Russian-Iranian naval exercise.
From both sides, all this is "strangely" accompanied by too much noise, which is an indication that both Tehran and Washington want the adversary and regional powers to see their opportunities, because, figuratively speaking, negotiations are useful, but they can become more useful if the negotiator has a gun in his pocket and the barrel of that gun is visible to the other side.
Meanwhile, judging by the statements of Vice President Vance, the White House spokesperson, and Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi, diplomatic contacts of a negotiating nature will continue at least in the coming weeks.
Does this mean that war will not start tomorrow, no one knows. At the moment, I think that even US President Trump does not know this, who clearly does not yet have such a decision."
