“It’s not going to last. and they violate it constantly. It is not going to accept a truce that simply allows its adversaries to regroup and resume attacks. It will continue until its terms are met and permanent security is ensured for Iran and its allies, especially Lebanon and Palestine,” said a few hours ago Professor Saheed Maradi, an Iranian-American academic, intellectual and political analyst.
He continued: “Iran is not looking for a truce at any cost. This is the second war the US and Israel have imposed on Iran in less than a year. Iran will fight until it forces strategic change in the region and its allies feel safe. He does not accept a pause that will leave the status quo in favor of the attacked.”
Professor Maradi once again condemned the Western media for falsifying the reality about the ceasefire, the damage and the resilience of Iran. He said that propaganda “doesn’t work anymore” and that the Iranian people clearly see the truth.
He also warned that a ground invasion of Iran would be disastrous for the invaders and recalled the failure of the US to destroy Iran’s military capabilities and pointed to the unity of the Iranian people despite the attacks.
Who is Sayed Maradi?
He was born in 1966 in Richmond, Virginia in the USA, where he spent the first 13 years of his life. He is the son of Alireza Maradi, former Minister of Health of Iran and personal physician of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. His mother had been imprisoned during the Shah’s regime.
In 1979, after the Islamic Revolution, his family returned to Iran. In 1982 at the age of 16 he volunteered for the army and fought in the Iran-Iraq war until 1988. He was wounded four times, twice by chemical weapons.
He studied English literature at the University of Tehran. He did his PhD at the University of Birmingham in the UK. His thesis was entitled “Lord Byron, his critics and Orientalism”. He is currently a professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran.
He has served as an advisor on the Iranian nuclear negotiations (including the 2015 JCPOA talks).
He often appears in international media as an analyst, defending the Iranian position with an emphasis on postcolonial studies and criticism of the West.
Maradi combines a Western academic education with deep experience of the Iranian struggle, which makes him particularly effective in public debates on geopolitical issues. His path from America, to the Iran-Iraq war and then to his academic career in Tehran reflect many aspects of modern Iranian history.
The combination of personal experiences, academic training and public presence is rare among Iranian analysts.
Truce – ruse
“The ‘ceasefire’ was nothing more than a ruse. It was simply used to give Israel the upper hand in Lebanon by focusing its air force there. In addition, it was an attempt to split the various fronts of the regional war, while at the same time trying to make Iran look weak”, he emphasizes and adds that “Israel is openly escalating its war efforts in Lebanon and even flies drones over Iran, while its media claims that it is preparing a “preemptive strike on Tehran”.
For Professor Maradi “the deal was too good to be true. It was used to scale operations on other fronts.”
“This doesn’t fundamentally change the reality on the battlefield, but it should still teach the Iranians that these kinds of temporary ceasefires don’t work and are just a deception,” he notes.
“The Israelis dominate the decision-making in Washington, they determine the course of the war, that’s clear. There will be no end to this war until Israel is hit hard enough to be forced to agree to a deal.
Otherwise, the war will continue and even if Iran were to stop and leave Lebanon — which it won’t — it knows it’s only a matter of time before it becomes the main target again,” he says.
