Iran will not negotiate with Trump, and will continue to retaliate using the Strait of Hormuz until the U.S. is strategically defeated, says Mohammad Marandi, professor of English literature and orientalism at the University of Tehran.
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Iran will not negotiate with Trump, and will continue to retaliate using the Strait of Hormuz until the U.S. is strategically defeated, says Mohammad Marandi, professor of English literature and orientalism at the University of Tehran.
Iran will not negotiate with Trump, and will continue to retaliate using the Strait of Hormuz until the U.S. is strategically defeated, says Mohammad Marandi, professor of English literature and orientalism at the University of Tehran.
