Despite widespread media speculation about potential United States military aggression against Iran and rumors surrounding next Friday’s summit in Istanbul for official negotiations between Iran and America, these talks will prove fruitless in practice, and war—even in a limited form—appears inevitable.
The United States seeks complete missile disarmament, total destruction of Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, delivery of 400 kilograms of enriched uranium, and more, aiming to complete its project of transforming Iran into another Syria or Libya, or in the most optimistic scenario, a situation resembling Lebanon.
Trump’s Confession: The General Soleimani Terrorist Assassination
In his recent interview with TIME magazine in October 2025, Trump mentioned General Qasem Soleimani, the most renowned and famous commander and military theorist in the Middle East region of the twentieth century, who was killed by terrorist assassination on January 3, 2020, while conducting a diplomatic mission at Baghdad Airport through a drone strike ordered by Trump.
Trump explicitly stated that the only reason for his success in continuing presence in the Middle East and ultimately threatening Iran militarily was the killing of this superior Iranian commander.
Trump’s candid admission confirms what Iranian officials have long maintained: that Soleimani’s terrorist assassination was not about stopping an “imminent attack” but rather about decapitating Iran’s strategic leadership to enable future military operations against Iran. This confession of state terrorism and premeditated murder of a senior military commander engaged in diplomatic duties represents a clear violation of international law.
