Iran has proven that its “geographic weapon” is stronger than American diplomacy: Hayal Muazzin

July 01 2026, 17:40

Opinion | Politics

Iranian international affairs journalist Hayal Muazzin commented to Alpha News on the negotiations between the US and Iran, possible future developments, and the conflict’s impact on the South Caucasus region.

“Iranian society believes these negotiations will bring no benefit to the Iranian people. We’ve held negotiations with America so many times, and what have we seen? We lost our generals, our nuclear scientists, and ultimately we lost Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, and this proves that America only understands the language of force. America does not understand the path of diplomacy. I believe Iran and America are preparing for a new stage of war; this is a temporary pause. The US is quietly uniting its allied countries, while Iran is also strengthening its military directions and armed forces. The next war will be very harsh and will become a regional war. Why do I say this? Because in his address, shahid Ayatollah Khamenei said that if a war were to start between the US and Iran, it would become a regional war. In my analytical article, I wrote that the Strait of Hormuz was a testing ground for America, and Trump himself spoke about this too. He claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was a testing ground for them, and this proves that the US and its allies are considering waging wars in other regions, including here,” the expert noted.

According to the journalist, US President Donald Trump constantly deceives the public and makes grandiose statements.

“Regarding the issue of Lebanon, for example, Trump claims that he supposedly controls Israel in its political statements, saying that he warned Netanyahu not to attack Lebanon and so on. But I think Trump, as always, is deceiving the public, and this too is some kind of grandiose statement. We see how important a role the Israeli lobby plays for American senators, and that they cannot influence Israel’s decisions. Israel will continue to go its own way and will provoke the entire region. I think the winner in the confrontation between the US and Iran will, of course, be Iran, and then a new world order will be formed in the region, in which China, Russia, Iran, and India, among others, will play the most important roles. And God forbid the winner turns out to be America, because then, for a full 100 years, the region will be ruled by all these clients of Epstein Island, we all saw what they did to children,” Muazzin said.

As the journalist noted, if Iran had continued to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for another 2 months, the global economic crisis would have worsened many times over.

“Russian political elites, like many others, said they did not think Iran would be able to block the Strait of Hormuz for more than a month. But the Iranian people, as well as the whole world, saw that Iran has yet another geographic weapon, the Strait of Hormuz. Iran kept the Strait of Hormuz closed for several months, and the whole world felt the economic crisis. If Iran had continued to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for another 2 months, the economic crisis would have worsened many times over. The army of the Islamic Republic of Iran has proven all of its capabilities. Trump wanted several times to attack and carry out operations on Kharg Island and in Bandar Abbas. But none of this succeeded, the IRGC, as well as the army of the Islamic Republic, defended their people and continue to defend them to this day. I myself was in the Strait of Hormuz and saw how much everything is under the IRGC’s control, despite what Trump writes on his Twitter, claiming that he controls the Strait of Hormuz. But in reality, the Strait of Hormuz is controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran, and will continue to be,” the expert said.