by Brian Shilhavy, Health Impact News:
As the Iran war enters its 10th day, opinions as to who is winning this war vary greatly depending upon which media sources you are reading.
The U.S. corporate media continues to report that this war is winding down, as Trump has made bold claims, stating that the war is “almost over” and that Iran’s military is almost completely destroyed. These statements rallied the U.S. stock market in its last hour of trading yesterday (March 9th), and as I write this, the markets are up again today, with the price of oil dropping down to around $80 a barrel, from its recent high close to $120 a barrel.
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Even if the price of oil was to stabilize at this level of around $80 a barrel (which I highly doubt), that is still $20 a barrel higher than when the war started, where the price was hovering around $60 a barrel.
And while the Trump Administration is still giving conflicting information about what the goals of this war are, and what it would take to end it, the Iranian position is NOT in question at all, as they have clearly stated what their conditions are to end the war, and it is not “a ceasefire.”
Here is an article written by Pepe Escobar that was just published a little while ago before I started writing this article, from the Russian English news site, Sputnik.
He states that with the new leader of Iran in place, one of the conditions the Iranians have for ending the war is “The dismantling of all US military bases in West Asia,” as the “eviction notice” has been served on the U.S.
Pepe Escobar: Iran Has Served the US an Eviction Notice
The new Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, 57, chosen by the Assembly of Experts, so far has not spoken a single word in public.
The IRGC is speaking for him.
From the start, Mojtaba was the preferred candidate to succeed Ayatollah Khamenei, the man who planned in meticulous detail how to break the Empire’s back.
The IRGC is now showing to the whole planet, especially the Global South, what was lying behind the “restraint” advised by Khamenei for years.
In a matter of days, the IRGC blinded US radars across the West Asia spectrum; weaponized the Strait of Hormuz, sending the global economy into a tailspin; and handed to Washington what for all practical purposes amounts to an intimation to surrender.
These are only some of the most prominent conditions for a possible ceasefire – assuming Tehran will ever trust the United States to comply:
1. Removal of all sanctions against Iran and release of all of Iran’s frozen assets.
2. Recognition of Iran’s right to enrich uranium on its own soil.
3. Full compensation for the damages caused by the imposed war.
4. Extradition of Iranian 5th columnists abroad, and the end of orchestrated media campaigns against Tehran.
5. No attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon or Ansarallah in Yemen.
6. The dismantling of all US military bases in West Asia.Let that slowly sink in.
Here we have Iran telling the self-described, hyperbolic most powerful military in the history of the world to essentially surrender.
Now compound it with IRGC Aerospace Force Commander.
Majid Mousavi announcing that,
“after neutralizing US air defense layers in the region, Iran is transitioning to a new missile doctrine. From now on, no missiles carrying warheads lighter than 1 ton will be used. Waves of missile attacks will be more frequent and more widespread.”
That is already translating, in practice, as the IRGC launching more Kheibar Shekan solid-fuel medium-range ballistic missiles, as it happened earlier this week on Tel Aviv and on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
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