Seyed M. Marandi: Iran-Oman Hormuz Deal Almost Reached & the Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Defence Pact (Glenn Diesen)

Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiation team.



An accurate assessment of what's going on and Iran's actual position on these matters, which is to have the US and Israel follow the MOU, while managing the Strait of Hormuz with Oman.

Furthermore, it appears the Saudi defence pact is not seen as a major issue by Iran considering repeated past failures to attack Yemen over many decades, which this pact seems to be aimed at. If Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia work together to take on Yemen, and Iran, then Saudi Arabia will go under as a country. Missile strikes will take out their power grid and the country will become unliveable. The same problem of Saudi Arabia being dismantled exists whether the attackers include the US or any other countries. The best policy is to simply withdraw from fighting and agree to terms. 

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[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, August 11, 2026.]