Archives Confrontation between Iran and the U.S. - Page 7 of 29 - New Eastern Outlook

7-day-long funeral rites for the late Supreme Leader of Iran have proceeded despite the Trump administration’s reported efforts to keep away foreign delegations, veiled threats to bomb mourners, and bombing the country during the period. This shows that Iranians and their allies have decided to carry on despite Washington’s violence.

Great powers rarely decline because they lack military strength; they falter when the world loses confidence in their judgment. America’s increasingly erratic approach to Iran suggests that unpredictability has evolved from a diplomatic tool into a dangerous doctrine with consequences extending far beyond the Middle East.

Donald Trump’s decision to declare the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding “over” from Ankara, coupled with renewed military strikes on Iran, signals not merely a rhetorical escalation but a potentially dangerous shift with profound implications for Middle Eastern stability and global peace.