Washington DC [US], February 28 (ANI): Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin on Saturday stated that the ‘Iranian regime is in a variety of hassle,’ because the United States and Israel will attempt to ‘decapitate the regime’ by taking out its defence capabilities, together with the ballistic missile launchers.
However, Rubin reiterated the US President Donald Trump’s stance that ‘there is not going to be boots on the bottom.’
‘My first response is that the Iranian regime is in a variety of hassle… While the US and Israel are going to attempt to take out the ballistic missile launchers and decapitate the regime, the Iranian regime’s aim is solely to outlive after which declare victory, like what we noticed with Hamas,’ Rubin informed ANI in an unique interview.
‘Donald Trump has stated there is not going to be boots on the bottom. There is not going to be US troops inserted. I can solely consider two parallels,’ he added.
Rubin drew parallels between Imperial Japan throughout world battle 2, and in Kosovo.
‘Number one was what occurred with Imperial Japan, when the US did not insert navy troops into Japan till after huge bombing, and the emperor surrendered. The second concern can be Kosovo… Iran is about 20 instances the dimensions of Kosovo. So it is not clear what labored in Kosovo goes to work in Iran,’ Rubin stated.
Talking concerning the timing of the assaults on Iranian soil, Rubin stated that such actions are ‘decided by the air defences of Iran.’
‘When we have a look at June 2025, the timing of that assault was decided by Iran reconstituting its anti-aircraft missile batteries that we noticed have been hit in April of 2024 and October of 2024. There have been current news stories that China and maybe Russia have been supplying Iran with superior weaponry, together with even perhaps carrier-killer missiles,’ he stated.
‘Such an act by Russia and China, may have ‘accelerated the battle relatively than deterred it. However, there may be area of diplomacy, seeing how Iran has misplaced over USD 2 trillion on account of sanctions, and misplaced alternatives for improvement and funding, which may push the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, to surrender the nation’s nuclear program. The Supreme Leader of Iran can be terribly hard-pressed to easily surrender his nuclear program as a result of not solely peculiar Iranian folks, whom he would not care a lot about, however even his personal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would then ask, what have we sacrificed for over many years?’ he requested.
Earlier, Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammed Pakpour have been killed in an Israeli strike, in accordance with sources aware of Israel’s navy operations, and one other regional supply, Reuters reported.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi alleged that the Israeli strike on Iranian major college for ladies murdered dozens. Araghchi vowed to reply the strikes. (ANI)