Ambassador Claims Iran Victorious
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Iran’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Boroujerdi, has emphasised that his country has emerged victorious after more than 40 days of war against the United States and Israel, with peace negotiations set to commence soon in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The Ambassador views this victory as forcing the US to accept the 10-point ceasefire demands proposed by Tehran as the basis for the upcoming negotiations.
“Iran has succeeded in compelling America to accept the 10 conditions it demanded. Iran has demonstrated to the world that the US, albeit reluctantly, has accepted those terms,” Boroujerdi stated during the launch event of a commemorative book for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Jakarta on Saturday.
“Thanks be to God Almighty, today the Islamic Republic of Iran has achieved its victory. Islam has triumphed over its enemies,” the Iranian Ambassador added.
Boroujerdi noted that Iran had thwarted the US-Israel desire for a swift war, which they attempted by directly assassinating Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
However, the Ambassador said, Iran was able to counter the attacks launched by the two countries up to the 40th day.
He stated that Iran’s counterattacks had devastated 17 US-Israeli military bases and crippled the Zionist defence system. Iran was also able to send retaliatory strikes to cities in Israel.
Through its success in restraining itself from the relentless US-Israel attacks so far, Iran proposed ten ceasefire conditions as a gesture of good faith to end the war.
According to the Iranian Ambassador, his side did not expect the US to accept the conditions demanded by Iran.
Boroujerdi emphasised that, in line with the conditions proposed by Tehran, the US must halt attacks against Iran and its allies.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi stated that the 10-point framework proposed by his side has been accepted as the basis for future negotiations with the United States, according to Iranian state media as reported by Anadolu news agency on Friday (10/4).
“Iran has always welcomed diplomacy and dialogue,” he said, while stressing that negotiations must not serve as a pretext for new aggression.
He also rejected any ceasefire that would allow the opposing side to rearm itself.
The 10-point framework includes, among other things, recognition of Iran’s right to enrich uranium, the lifting of US sanctions, the withdrawal of US forces from the Middle East, and the ending of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon.