💬 "We do not intend to attack other nations," the Iranian president said.

💬"Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time," the president wrote.

"As regards Iran's ability to strike into the Gulf nations, all the US bases are well within the reach of Iranian missiles and drones. Despite a large number of missiles getting intercepted, a fair number do escape the Air and Missile Defense Shield to reach their targets. The strikes by drones and missiles in Gulf countries were also a part of the pre-determined military strategy of Iran," retired Colonel Rajeev Agarwal, a West Asia expert and a Senior Research Consultant at the New Delhi-based think tank, the Chintan Research Foundation, told Sputnik.

"This war is a lesson not only for the Gulf countries but also for any other nation wanting to secure its national security exclusively through external players. And the lesson is 'National security cannot be bought'. Integral and organic security systems are vital to ensure a nation's security. Once this war is over, the region will have to seriously review its security architecture and come up with solutions that are more inclusive and collaborative in nature," Agarwal concluded.

💬 “In the Iranian political tradition, any external pressure is regarded as a ‘hostile satanic act,’ which causes even the opposition-leaning Iranians to rally around the flag and spiritual leader against a foreign foe,” Kuznetsov adds.

💬 “It is an attempt to repeat a scenario, confirming that for the United States, a regime change is a resource-seizing business venture,” Kuznnetsov explains. “It’s business for them, which is why they want to see a regime subservient to them.”