Security Shift - The 2026 America - Israel Attack On Iran

"On the 5th of December 2023 The Russian Federation and Iran signed the "Declaration by the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Ways and Means to Counter, Mitigate and Redress the Adverse Impacts of Unilateral Coercive Measures"...Guideline 6 says "In the event of economic or financial loss incurred as a result of the adoption of unilateral coercive measures, the State that has inflicted such loss on an affected State, individuals and legal entities by its actions or extraterritorial application of its national laws, shall be primarily held liable for compensation and damages."

This is unequivocal. The west will be held liable for damages and compensation. As I predicted here on the 11th of November (above), Russia "is more likely to invoke the international law of State responsibility which requires a state doing a wrong act to make full reparations for a 'wrong act', which comprises any or all of restitution, reparations, and compensation for damage done, both material and moral."

"War is essentially an evil thing. Its consequences are not confined to the belligerent States alone, but affect the whole world. To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."
International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, The Trial of German Major War Criminals, Judgment: 30th September, 1946 - 1st October, 1946, at "Conspiracy and Aggressive War," p.13.

"Iran’s Ministry of Health announced that more than 15,000 citizens have been injured since the start of the US-Israeli aggression on Iran.

According to the ministry, 12,495 people have already been treated and discharged from hospitals, while 670 surgical operations have been successfully performed. Currently, 1,682 injured individuals remain hospitalized, receiving ongoing medical care.

The ministry noted that the healthcare workforce has also been affected, with 12 medical staff members wounded and 72 others sustaining injuries while performing their duties.

Additionally, the war has caused significant damage to healthcare infrastructure, including 87 health units, 24 treatment centers, 21 emergency bases, and 18 ambulances, further straining the country’s medical response capabilities.

Earlier today, Iran’s Emergency Organization announced that the number of victims since the start of the US-Israeli aggression against the country has risen to 1,348 martyrs...civilian casualties continuing to rise"
?9 March 2026

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi

Israel's bombings of fuel depots in Tehran violate international law and constitute ecocide.
Residents face long-term damage to their health and well-being. Contamination of soil and groundwater could have generational impacts.

Israel must be punished for its war crimes.
2:33 PM · Mar 16, 2026

Walter
@googlexrp

Burning petroleum releases sulfur and nitrogen oxides that mix with rain to form sulfuric and nitric acid, essentially turning rainfall toxic.

When Saddam burned Kuwaiti oil wells in 1991, the fallout contributed to what became known as Gulf War Syndrome, with veterans developing chronic illness and cancer decades later.

The difference now: this isn’t a desert battlefield, it’s a city of 10 million people, most of which women and children.

2:37 PM · Mar 16, 2026

The US, Israel and the Europeans have suffered a strategic defeat

The US Objectives have only been partly met

"Solid-State Batteries: Wolfpacks of Small UUVs Will Dominate the Seas

UUVs are currently the most dangerous threat to submarines and military surface ships. Their development is accelerating rapidly, and I would argue that the smallest ones are the most dangerous.

This week, the first solid-state battery ready for mass production was announced, with an energy density of 400 Wh/kg. By 2028, several companies are promising to reach 600 Wh/kg, roughly 3–4 times the density of today’s lithium-ion batteries.

This will completely transform naval warfare. 

It not only renders conventional diesel-electric submarines obsolete but also creates an entirely new category of UUVs: small, mini, and extremely fast.

I’m talking about UUVs in the 250–350 kg weight, capable of sprint speeds of 45–50 knots.

They would carry a compact 50 kg warhead using modern explosives, including CL-20-based mixtures, inside a fuselage largely composed of solid-state battery cells, supplemented by a small 2.5 kVA gasoline generator with a snorkel for recharging.

These UUVs could be air-dropped, ships, submarines, from aircraft or larger drones, and operate in Wolfpack, sprinting up to 35 km to engage targets.

If the target pulls out of range, the onboard AI calculates that interception is no longer feasible and switches to recharge mode, surfacing discreetly, running the generator, and continuing to track the target via periscope or mast-mounted sensors. It analyzes surface images, estimates target course and speed, and calculates the exact energy needed for a new high-speed intercept, also getting data from satellites or drones, composing a versatile kill web.

A true high-tech wolfpack: persistent, autonomous, and capable of engaging both surface ships and submerged submarines (by forcing them to surface or detecting them when they snorkel).

Warhead design is evolving toward combined shaped charge + blast configurations: an initial shaped charge penetrates the outer hull or Kevlar spall liners (creating a breach and injecting energy), followed immediately by the main high-explosive blast that causes flooding, shock damage to equipment, and internal compartment failure.

This mirrors the mechanism of modern lightweight torpedoes.

A UUV carrying just 50 kg of advanced explosive in such a warhead would be capable of breaching the pressure hull of a Virginia-class submarine or the hull of an Arleigh Burke-class or Type 055 destroyers, causing serious flooding and likely achieving at least a mission kill. In successive impacts from a wolfpack, the damage would be catastrophic, comparable to that inflicted by an Mk 54 or MU90 torpedo.

Another key development is the refinement of UUV AI to prioritize initial strikes against propulsion systems (shafts, propellers, reduction gears, or waterjets), maximizing the chance of immobilizing the target early.

These are fully autonomous units that can loiter for weeks, hunting targets, making independent decisions, and even receiving software updates while recharging on the surface.

They fit into a broader ecosystem of UUVs,  primarily propeller-driven, torpedo-shaped vehicles weighing 250–350 kg with warheads of 50–100 kg,  but the range of designs and capabilities is expanding fast.

Their cost is orders of magnitude lower than any manned ship or submarine, and effective countermeasures do not yet exist. We are talking about a technology that could put billions of dollars in naval investments at risk.

The trend is clear: UUVs will continue to get cheaper, faster, longer-ranging, and smarter, while traditional platforms (surface ships and submarines) only become more expensive and vulnerable.

These wolfpacks will be supported and coordinated by drones, satellites, and motherships.

Just as drones have reshaped land warfare, UUV swarms are doing the same at sea."
Patricia Marins, Military-Geopolitical analys, X platform 11 January 2026

"What I'm trying to do here is give you a case of why things are going to go to hell in a handbasket as this war goes on—with regard to attacks against US bases in the Persian Gulf from drones as well as ballistic missiles, but also damage to Israel itself from ballistic missiles. This is going to go downhill big, and we're only beginning to see how bad it's going to get."

(Professor Postol goes on to describe Irans ability to use electronic jamming and metallic 'chaff' to defeat US & Israeli defense missiles)

"So all these missile defenses - whether strategic or tactical- are worthless.

All this money spent and all these false claims that we can protect the public from ballistic missiles are now being shown to be false... I've been talking about this for 35 years.

I showed to the International Institute for Strategic Studies—people said, "What can we do about it?" I was in London 35 years ago; people came to me and said, "What can we do about it, Dr. Postol?" And I said, "I'm telling you because I'm trying to alert you to the fact that you can be defeated, and there are no countermeasures to these." I'm trying to warn you that you cannot deal with these things when the adversary chooses to react.

[they replied] "Oh, you're a negative person."  Well, I'm just a scholar trying to inform you of what's technically doable on both sides..."
Ted Postol, Physicist, MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor (Retired) 9 March 2026

"In that last interview I did on the fifth day, I said, we have passed the peak and are heading downhill. Meaning because we hit the radar and the infrastructure.

Today, Trump and Netanyahu are trapped in a slaughterhouse in the Persian Gulf.

Look, the big mistake they made was that they came and designed a short-term war, but they didn't realize this might turn into a long-term one.
Even the greatest international powers, if they initially plan for a short-term war and halfway through it becomes a long-term war, no matter how much power they have, they will be defeated. Why?

Because short-term wars have a specific design. They require limited logistics and limited preparations. A long-term war requires abundant logistics, extensive planning, and they have to anticipate many consequences.

They thought the Islamic Republic would be finished in 48 hours. First, they brought one aircraft carrier, then recently they said, for precaution, let's take another ship too.
But now they are saying, we must bring whatever ships we have from anywhere in the world so maybe we can handle this....

They came for 48 hours, now if they want to stay long-term, from the fatigue of the forces to the shortage of ammunition, they will be burdened with other problems.
Iranian Brigadier General Masoud Akhtari 9 March 2026

"Vast majority of the British People do not want any part in the Israel-U.S. war of choice on Iran.
Ignoring his own People, Mr. Starmer is putting British lives in danger by allowing UK bases to be used for aggression against Iran. Iran will exercise its right to self-defense."
Seyed Abbas Araghchi 21 March 2026


"Iran reveals new missiles and targets Diego Garcia. Far from showing a reduction in power, the Iranian arsenal continues to expand.
The WSJ has confirmed that hours ago, following the UK’s approval for the US to use its bases in the conflict, Iran launched two ballistic missiles."
Patricia Marins 21 March 2026

 
"What the Iranian people want is the continuation of an effective defense that makes the enemy regret...

Studies have been conducted regarding opening other fronts where the enemy has minimal experience and where it would be highly vulnerable. Should the war continue, activation of such fronts will be carried out based on certain interests."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026

""I can remind your audience about the capabilities of Iran as a nuclear weapon state.

It is not a non-nuclear weapon state. It is not a nuclear weapon state that has built a nuclear weapon, at least as far as we know. But it is a threshold state that could build a nuclear weapon on very short notice.

And it would not be possible to stop them from building a nuclear weapon - even if you were using nuclear weapons on Iran while they were constructing it.

They have enough enriched uranium hexafluoride to construct 10 atomic bombs, which would be far more than enough to finish off Israel as a state... 10 nuclear weapons would be far more than needed to end Israel as a state.

There is no way to stop Iran.

Basically, what you need to do could be easily housed in a tunnel that's not necessarily especially large. You could do the final enrichment to get weapons-grade uranium and build a nuclear weapon that does not need to be tested. It's important to understand this is a uranium weapon, and it would not need to be tested—it is well within the reach of Iran to build these nuclear weapons. So we need to start thinking about the possibility we could see nuclear weapons used.

Now, I do not think Iran will use nuclear weapons against Israel first, but as this war goes on, Israel's situation is going to continue to deteriorate. ..."
Ted Postol, Physicist, MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor (Retired) 9 March 2026

"Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi

Factual knowledge matters.

Case 1: Iran's proposal to ensure NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS was dismissed because U.S. counterparts didn't grasp the technical details."
13 March 2026

"Iran is much more confident now about itself. And  great harm has been done to its people by adversaries. And Iran sees its strength. The people see their strength. The people on the streets recognize their strength. And this is a reality that the Americans are going to have to deal with from now on."
Professor Seyed Marandi 10 March 2026

"...the bottom line here is the bombs change the political game inside of the target. It infuses nationalism inside the target because they may not like their leader, but do they really want to be run by Donald Trump out of the Oval Office? And ...he picks the leader as he's clearly saying he wants to do ? And he'll kill his way there if necessary? This is not going to work.

And what you're seeing is it's a self-defeating strategy. It's not just a strategy hasn't been tried enough...I've debated these folks for decades here. Since 91,92 I've been debating them and all. Done it in front of the German Air Force, Norwegian Air Force, so all these excuses why it doesn't work, we've tried them all...And the reason is ...that bombs produce game-changing nationalism inside of the society that fuses the society and the regime closer together.

...it means the strategy itself is self-contradictory. It's self-defeating. ...my goodness gracious, when you have a distribution of 100% over a hundred years and you're dealing with dozens and dozens of cases by different country, different actors, different presidents, dot dot dot, you got to start to understand the problem is probably with the strategy."
Dr. Robert Pape, Professor of political science at the University of Chicago, specializing in security affairs. 11 March 2026 "

"Iran's national infrastructure is under attack. This time, a branch of my country's oldest bank was bombed while full of employees. They were laboring to ensure Iranians have food on the table ahead of our New Year.

Our Powerful Armed Forces will exact retribution for this crime"
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi 12 March 2026

"the enemy has opened the door for us to target economic centers and banks affiliated with the US and Israel in the region.”
 Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari 12 March 2026

"Today, our verdict is the rule of 'an eye for an eye', straightforward, without exception… If they start a war on infrastructure, we will undoubtedly target theirs."

“The enemy should know that whatever they do, it will undoubtedly face a proportional and immediate response; no act of aggression will go unanswered"
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament 

"On Wednesday, the spokesman of Iran’s Armed Forces warned that all ports and economic centers in Persian Gulf littoral states will be considered legitimate targets for Iran if the United States attacks Iranian ports as part of the ongoing joint aggression with Israel against the country.

“If the US follows through with its threat against Iran’s ports, there will definitely be no port, economic center, or location in the Persian Gulf that could remain beyond our reach, and they will be struck as legitimate targets,” Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said."
PressTV News 12 March 2026 

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi
When the U.S. Secretary of War declares “no quarter”, he doesn't project strength. He conveys moral bankruptcy and ignorance about law of armed conflict.
We advise him to review the Hague Convention and Rome Statute of the ICC, unless he aspires to join Netanyahu as war criminal.
8:35 AM · Mar 17, 2026

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran, both Militarily, Economically, and in every other way, but the Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage, and we will help - A LOT!

The U.S. will also coordinate with those Countries so that everything goes quickly, smoothly, and well.

This should have always been a team effort, and now it will be - It will bring the World together toward Harmony, Security, and Everlasting Peace!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
Mar 14, 2026, 7:58 PM

"We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East with respect to the Terrorist Regime of Iran:
(1) Completely degrading Iranian Missile Capability, Launchers, and everything else pertaining to them.
(2) Destroying Iran’s Defense Industrial Base.
(3) Eliminating their Navy and Air Force, including Anti Aircraft Weaponry.
(4) Never allowing Iran to get even close to Nuclear Capability, and always being in a position where the U.S.A. can quickly and powerfully react to such a situation, should it take place.
(5) Protecting, at the highest level, our Middle Eastern Allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others.

The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations who use it — The United States does not!
If asked, we will help these Countries in their Hormuz efforts, but it shouldn’t be necessary once Iran’s threat is eradicated.
Importantly, it will be an easy Military Operation for them.
Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Mar 21, 2026, 10:13 AM

"“Today we are talking about certain leaks in which the American president is demanding that the GCC states pay approximately $5 trillion if they want this war to continue, and if they want it to stop, they must pay $2.5 trillion to the United States for what has been accomplished over the past period...”
Salem Al-Jahouri, Omani journalist and international affairs researcher 20 March 2026

"Americans haven’t forgotten how, even as hundreds of U.S. soldiers were dying in Vietnam, and the outcome was already clear, General William Westmoreland was flown home to reassure everyone that the war was going well — that the U.S. was “winning.”
The media haven’t forgotten either; those briefings full of fantasy from the frontlines became infamous as the “Five O’Clock Follies."

Fast forward to today: same script, different stage; Hegseth steps up, and the message is still detached from reality.

U.S. government says one thing, reality says another.
Right as U.S. authorities claim Iran’s air defences are gone, an F-35 gets hit.
As they declare Iran’s navy finished, USS Gerald Ford turns back, and USS Abraham Lincoln drifts farther away
Different decade, same “we’re winning”"
Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister, Islamic Republic of Iran 21 March 2026

"Ceasefire is not an option. This war will continue until Iran's demands are met.
Iran will no longer accept a situation in the region where the United States can threaten it again. That's over.
Professor Seyed Marandi 10 March 2026

""There is a consensus that we must act in such a way that the shadow of war is permanently removed from the country,...We must not allow our enemies to simply continue their aggressions, starting them whenever they wish, and then raising their hands to declare a halt only when they come under heavy pressure and incur costs."
Esmaeil Baghaei spokesman Foreign Ministry of Iran 12 March 2026

"In an outright lie, Trump claimed that Iran’s missile launches have severely diminished. But in reality, Iran is more powerful even compared with the early days of the war and is targeting US and Israeli bases with warheads weighing more than a ton

American forces are not the ones who determine the end of the war, we are fully capable of expanding the war. Security will be for all and insecurity will also be for all.

We are the ones who determine the end of the war”
Iranian IRGC Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini

"The revenge we have in mind is not just because of the martyrdom of the illustrious Leader of the Revolution.

Every member of the nation who is martyred by the enemy constitutes a separate case that demands seeking revenge.

A limited portion of this seeking revenge can already be seen.

But until we completely take revenge, this file will remain on top of all the others. We’re even more sensitive with regard to the blood of our children and infants. The crime deliberately committed by the enemy against the Shajarah-Tayyibah School in Minab and other similar cases will receive particular attention in this process of taking revenge."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026


"The unknown fate of the Zionist criminal prime minister and the possibility of his death or his escape, along with his family, from the occupied territories reveal a crisis and the faltering situation of the Zionists, if the child killer is still alive, we will strongly keep chasing and killing him.”
 Islamic Revolution Guards Corps 15 March 2026

Iran uses the West's hybrid war technique

"Iran is not going to accept a ceasefire. That's out of the question. Conditions will have to be met and those conditions will be met.

And these Arab family dictatorships in the Persian Gulf first and foremost are the ones who are going to have to obey and accept Iran's conditions.

Iran is now talking about controlling the Strait of Hormuz from now on, and receiving money for allowing ships to pass through.

This is what these Arab regimes had brought upon themselves. these dictatorships.

They thought that they could have their cake and eat it too. That they could have US bases and threaten Iran and have Iran bombed, and then Qatar and the Emirates and the regime in Bahrain, Kuwait and the Saudis, they could say that we're neutral and get away with it. That's not happening.

Right now they're paying a price, but even when the war ends, they will continue to pay a price. They have to compensate for all the things that they've done against Iran. We're living in a new reality, Glenn.
Professor Seyed Marandi to Professor Glenn Diesen 10 March 2026

"... the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz must definitely continue to be employed."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026

"Talking to leaders of Russia and Pakistan, I reaffirmed Iran’s commitment to peace in the region. The only way to end this war—ignited by the Zionist regime & US—is recognizing Iran’s legitimate rights, payment of reparations, and firm int'l guarantees against future aggression."
Masoud Pezeshkian, Ninth President of the Islamic Republic of Iran 12 March 2026


"Shutting down US bases in the region will enable those governments to strengthen their ties with their own people, who are generally dissatisfied with the humiliating behavior associated with those bases. It will also bring an increase in their wealth and power."
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei 12 March 2026


 "The fifth part of my address is directed to the leaders and influential figures in certain regional countries. We share land or sea borders with 15 countries and have always wanted, and still want, warm, constructive relations with all of them. However, the enemy has been gradually establishing military and financial bases in some of these countries over the years to secure its dominance over the region.

In the recent attacks [against Iran], a number of military bases were used. Naturally, as we had clearly warned in advance, we have only targeted those bases without committing any act of aggression against those [regional] countries.

After this, we will have no choice but to continue this course of action even though we still believe in the necessity of maintaining our friendship with those neighbors.

These [regional] countries must determine their position with regard to the aggressors who have attacked our beloved homeland and murdered our people. I advise them to shut down those [US] bases as soon as possible, for they must surely have realized by now that the US’s claims of ensuring security and peace have been nothing but lies."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026


"Iran has formally called on the United Arab Emirates to provide compensation for damages resulting from recent US strikes, saying Abu Dhabi facilitated attacks on Iranian territory, according to a letter submitted to the United Nations.

In a correspondence addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said the UAE had enabled the United States to use its territory to carry out military operations against Iran.

Iravani stated in the letter that the UAE’s actions constituted “an internationally wrongful act that entailed state responsibility,” stressing that allowing foreign forces to launch attacks from its target launch sites in the Gulf Earlier on March 14, the spokesperson for Iran’s central Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters warned that Iranian forces may target US missile launch sites operating from locations inside cities in the UAE. Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari said the US military had resorted to operating from ports, docks, and concealed facilities within UAE cities after its military bases in the region were destroyed...US forces launched missiles from these locations targeting the Iranian islands of Abu Musa and Kharg.

...Although several Gulf states have publicly claimed that their territories would not be used for attacks against Iran, open-source information suggests otherwise. Flight-tracking data indicate that Saudi Arabian airspace is being used by aerial refueling tankers supporting fighter aircraft involved in strikes against Iran. The Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia has reportedly hosted multiple Stratotanker refueling aircraft participating in these operations.

Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates hosts anti-missile radar systems and interceptor batteries, along with logistical infrastructure supporting both US and Israeli personnel, including facilities used for resupply and operational coordination soil violated international law.

The Iranian envoy underscored that such conduct directly contributed to the aggression against Iranian territory, holding the UAE accountable for its alleged role in enabling the strikes. Tehran argued that the UAE bears international responsibility to provide full reparations, including compensation for both material and moral damages caused by the attacks.
Al Mayadeen English March 2026

"Without a doubt, cooperation between the members of the Resistance Front will shorten the path to eliminating the Zionist sedition."
 Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei 12 March 2026

"...the United States started this war and must also acknowledge that it made a mistake and put an end to its aggression. We are not seeking a ceasefire because we do not want this scenario to be repeated again after some time.

Rather, we want the war to end completely and permanently...

We desire lasting peace throughout the entire region encompassing all the countries within it.

We do not believe in a ceasefire. We believe in ending the war. ...Ending the war on all fronts. I think this is also in the interest of peace in the region.

That once and for all the issues of war in the region is resolved and that we witness peace throughout the region in Lebanon, in Yemen, in Iraq, in Iran and in other countries of the region.

The region should become a stable region characterized by peace, development and progress. I believe that peace in the region must be comprehensive encompassing all dimensions of peace and including all countries.

Foreign Minister Araghchi 18 March 2026

"There are many countries, our friends that have proposed ideas and expressed readiness to play a role in achieving peace. We thank all of our friends who are making efforts in this regard. Our position is the same as what I have stated here and we have also conveyed it to our friends.

We do not accept a ceasefire. However, if there is an idea for ending the war that meets our conditions so that the war ends permanently across the entire region and the damages suffered by Iran are compensated, we will certainly listen to it...in my view, several countries can play this role. China is one of them.

China played a positive and successful role in mediating between Iran and Saudi Arabia and I believe that both remain committed to the agreement reached through China's mediation. China certainly has strong capacities and alongside it other countries also have such potential. I repeat, any idea that meets our demands and fulfills our conditions, we will listen to it.

Foreign Minister Araghchi 18 March 2026

"...everything about the current situation is the Americans fault. They must answer not only to their own people but also to our people, to the people of the region, and to history in the future. This war is not our war, not the war of the American people, nor the war of the region. It is America's war. A war that the United States itself chose...This war was imposed on us and we had warned about it in advance. We did not turn this into a regional war simply because attacks are coming from countries in the region. Their military bases in the region are being used against us. It is the United States that has turned it into a regional war, not us...I will repeat this war is not our war.
We did not start it.
The United States started it and is responsible for all the consequences of this war, human and financial.
Whether for Iran, for the region, or for the entire world, the United States must be held accountable."

Foreign Minister Araghchi 18 March 2026

"A point I must highlight is that in any case, we will obtain compensation from the enemy.

If they refuse, we will take it from their assets to the extent we deem appropriate.

If that wasn’t possible, we will destroy an equivalent amount of their assets."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026

"In order for Iran to get paid for all these damages, there are different ideas. One idea is levying tax on ships that are passing through and then yes, you can play with that tax rate, make it lower for friendly countries, make it higher for hostile countries. That's a way of generating revenue for paying all these damages.
The other idea is creating a fund, a regional reconstruction fund, and through that regional reconstruction fund Iran's damages would be paid.
Iran needs to make sure that the cost of attacking Iran is significant enough both financially and in terms of human cost that Iran is not attacked again."
Dr. Foad Izadi Pofessor of Communication, Tehran University 14 March 2026

"There are demands but they are not directed, they're not directed at anyone in particular, at any entity in particular. So the issue of compensation for example is something that has been stated, but who compensates doesn't matter to us if Japan wants to compensate or Kuwait wants to compensate or the United States wants to compensate that's not the issue.

They've murdered many people. They've destroyed the lives of many, and through aggression, through an unprovoked and illegal and immoral war to support ethnosupremacism, to support a genocide in Gaza. I mean, this is evil upon evil upon evil, and so there will have to be compensation.
Professor Seyed Marandi 11 March 2026

"I no longer see any room for diplomacy. Because [US President] Donald Trump deceives others and does not keep his promises, and we experienced this in two rounds of negotiations. While we were negotiating, they attacked us.

The Persian Gulf Arab countries and other countries must put pressure on the United States to end the war. If it continues, this pressure will increase, and thereby others will have no choice but to intervene”
Kamal Kharrazi, Head of Iran's Strategic Council of Foreign Relations 9 March 2026

“Today, our verdict is the rule of 'an eye for an eye', straightforward, without exception… If they start a war on infrastructure, we will undoubtedly target theirs.

The enemy should know that whatever they do, it will undoubtedly face a proportionate and immediate response; no act of aggression will go unanswered”
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Speaker of the Parliament of Iran ?10 March 2026


"What more can they do? If they want to destroy Iran's key infrastructure, that's a possibility.

But then Iran will destroy all key infrastructure in this region. Everything. All the oil and gas installations in the Persian Gulf region and in the Caucasus will be gone, finished. They won't be damaged. They'll be destroyed.

And that will mean that the key infrastructure of the United States will collapse.

The world will collapse because we will enter a severe global economic depression.

If that's what the United States wants, that's what it will get.

But the world will know that it's the United States that did this.
It will know that the Zionists did this.
It will know that Netanyahu did this.

Because Iran does not want war. Iran does not want to expand the war.
We want to live in peace.
We want the rights of Palestinians and the Lebanese and the people of Syria to be restored.
That's a very normal expectation.

But if war is imposed upon us, we will respond with counter measures. We will punish the enemy. And now the United States has lost everything in the Persian Gulf region. And and the damage that has been done to the United States is far greater so far than to Iran because the Persian Gulf region is [has] all of these American assets.

...This oil is not being sold. What is it sold in? It's sold in dollars. That is one. Two, a lot of this money goes to the US stock market. And for bonds, there's no money, so it's not going to go there.

And there's huge damage has been done to these regimes. It's not just the drone or the missile that hits. It's the entire confidence that used to exist about these regimes where huge amounts of money from across the world would go, to the Emirates for example. That's disappeared.

So these are all US assets and they're huge consumers. The amount of consumption that these Arab family dictatorships in the Persian Gulf have is is equivalent of maybe the African continent or the Latin American continent. I can't say with specifics, but they are huge consumers. Huge consumers. Well, they're not consuming anymore.

...and of course the the worth of the entire western side or southwestern side of the Persian Gulf has collapsed. It is no longer a place where you can in future invest in, or you can have confidence in.

...So the the damage done to the United States and the West through its own aggression against Iran and of course the Israeli regime which is being hammered day and night.

What fool is going to invest in Israeli regime in future? This is the second time Iran has been pounding it for eight in the last eight nine months. So all of these are huge.

We're the country that's sanctioned. We don't have foreign investors. Any investment is carried out by individuals in Iran and the government. That will continue to be the case. But I think for the United States, this is this is a sea change."
Professor Seyed Marandi 10 March 2026

"And if Iran wants everyone, all the Americans, to leave, all they have to do is destroy the desalination plants and it'll be over.
Iranian Brigadier General Masoud Akhtari. March 2026

"If Iran want they can destroy all these oil and gas facilities and it will take years to rebuild them."
Iranian Brigadier General Masoud Akhtari. March 2026
 

"Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit. The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen. Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar's LNG Gas facility.

NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar - In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before. I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar's LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so.:
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
President DONALD J. TRUMP

"Trump has said, 'we can take apart Iran's electric capacity within one hour, but we have not done it.' Well, if they do that, the whole region will go dark in less than half an hour, and darkness provides ample opportunity to hunt down US servicemen running for safety,"
Ali Larijani Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council 12 March 2026

"...They didn't think the war would become long-term. They didn't think, for example, the price of oil would go up from $80. It has already gone up to $110, you should expect $120 and $150 in the coming days.

Well, what does this mean? It means the entire global economy will collapse. If the global economy collapses, will the world allow Trump to continue his warmongering?

Or will the countries of the region allow him to continue his warmongering?"
Iranian Brigadier General Masoud Akhtari 9 March 2026

"Those who count on such assistance should recall the sad experience of all leaders of countries that had relied on the United States.

As soon as the situation changed, Washington remorselessly left those leaders to their own devices and launched a new stage of its selfish policy."
Sergey Lavrov 5 November 2023

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi
Hundreds of Iranian civilians have been killed in Israel-U.S. bombings, including over 200 children.

Reports claim that some neighboring states which host U.S. forces and permit attacks on Iran are also actively encouraging this slaughter. Stances should be promptly clarified
3:27 AM · Mar 17, 2026

"From our perspective, this is a waterway [Straits of Hormuz] located next to Iran.

Naturally, we will not allow our enemies to use this waterway.

At the same time, a war is taking place around it. And naturally many ships and countries may not want to use this route due to insecurity. Some countries contact us to discuss safe passage through the strait of Hormuz and we try to provide them with the conditions for such passage.

In my view, we need to design new arrangements for the strait of Hormuz and the way ships pass through it in the future after the war so that peaceful navigation through this waterway can be permanently maintained under clear regulations with consideration for Iran's interests and the interests of the region.

I believe that after the war, the first step should be drafting a new protocol for the Strait of Hormuz. Naturally, this should be done between the countries that lie on both sides of the strait as they are the principal parties in this matter and it should guarantee that safe passage through the strait takes place under specific conditions. Conditions that ensure peacefulness. We do not want to witness another war in the region and we do not want to see the strait closed again.

There must be regulations and conditions established that guarantee lasting peace in this region."

Foreign Minister Araghchi 18 March 2026

"The Islamic Republic, without being in pursuit of domination or colonization in the region, is fully prepared for unity, and fostering warm, sincere, reciprocal relations with all its neighbors."
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei 13 March 2026

"We are ready to resolve all problems with you. In order to ensure peace in the region, we propose to create a security structure in the Middle East, which will include Islamic countries, in order to ensure peace, stability and security,"
Middle Eastern countries do not need the presence of "outsiders," the president said.
President Masoud Pezeshkian, 20 March 2026

"Did you know that Denmark earns significant revenue from the Kattegat Strait?
Of course, unlike Turkey, which officially receives tolls from the Bosphorus Strait, Denmark forces most passing ships to purchase pilotage services.
In other words, ships in international waters are compelled to comply with the laws of Denmark and Turkey"
Foad Izadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 21 March 2026


"Did you know that Turkey receives $5.83 in transit_fees for every ton of goods passing through the Bosphorus Strait?
This means there is legal precedent for collecting tolls from the #Strait_of_Hormuz.
The Strait of Hormuz should remain closed until the issue of transit tolls through the strait and war compensation is settled."
Foad Izadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 19 March 2026

Good news: Iran is not a member of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Better news: The United States and Israel are also not members of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
This means Iran has a free hand in designing a new legal order, based on Iran's right to collect transit_fees from the Strait of Hormuz.
This means the practical end of 47 years of illegal_sanctions against Iran.
Foad Izadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 21 March 2026

"In time of peace, merchant vessels shall enjoy complete freedom of transit and navigation in the Straits, by day and by night, under any flag and with any kind of cargo, without any
formalities..."

"In time of war, Turkey not being belligerent, merchant vessels, under any flag or with any kind of cargo, shall enjoy freedom of transit and navigation in the Straits"

"In time of war, Turkey being belligerent, merchant vessels not belonging to a country at war with Turkey shall enjoy freedom of transit and navigation in the Straits on condition that they do not in any way assist the enemy.
Such vessels shall enter the Straits by day and their transit shall be effected by the route which shall in each case be indicated by the Turkish authorities."