Iran scoffs at US senator's claim that ongoing war could end '2,000-year conflict'
Iran has highlighted the contradiction between US Senator Lindsey Graham’s claim that America’s 2026 war efforts against the Islamic Republic could end a "2,000-year-long conflict" and Washington’s earlier justification that the war was launched due to Tehran’s alleged "imminent threat."
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei made the remarks in a post on X on Monday concerning earlier comments made by the hawkish lawmaker.
"So, wasn't it for an 'imminent threat' that you attacked Iran?!" Baghaei wrote. “Or has Iran been posing such an 'imminent threat' for the past 2,000 years to the United States as of 1776!!!?"
Finally, hawkish Zionist US Senator and staunch Israel ally Lindsey Graham openly reveals his hatred for Iranians and their ancient civilization, saying "now is the best opportunity to "neutralize" Iran in the past 2,000 years".
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Observers commenting on the issue similarly questioned how it would be possible for the United States, a nation that has existed for less than 250 years, to resolve a "2000-year-long conflict" with Iran.
The United States and the Israeli regime launched their latest bout of unprovoked aggression against the Islamic Republic late last months, with Graham acting as a vocal supporter of such aggression.
Trump backed down after Iran threatened to retaliate, no talks underway: Report https://t.co/O77h9luH2q
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has responded with at least 76 waves of retaliatory strikes, codenamed Operation True Promise 4, deploying hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles as well as attack drones against sensitive and strategic American and Israeli targets throughout the region.
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