Tehran [Iran], May 17 : Accusing Western powers and their regional allies of orchestrating a coordinated campaign of subversion, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stated that the direct military actions launched against the country were specifically calibrated to disrupt domestic order and destabilise the governing establishment.
According to a report by Iranian state media Press TV, the president positioned the external military operations as a direct threat to the core architecture of the nation's leadership.
Elaborating on what Tehran perceives as the strategic intent behind the recent hostilities, the Iranian president explicitly defined the underlying motives driving the offensive.
"The primary objective of the United States and the Zionist regime in attacking Iran was to create internal instability and attempt to weaken and overthrow the Islamic system," President Pezeshkian said.
This overarching objective of structural disruption, according to Tehran, is heavily influencing the current diplomatic deadlock, with Iranian media reporting on Sunday that the United States had failed to make any concrete concessions in its latest response to Iran's proposed agenda for negotiations to end the war.
Detailing the specific terms of the American proposal that triggered this assessment, the Fars news agency said Washington had presented a five-point list, which included a demand for Iran to keep only one nuclear site in operation and transfer its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to the United States.
Furthermore, the US also refused to release "even 25 per cent" of Iran's frozen assets abroad or pay any reparations for the damage inflicted on Iran during the war, which broke out on February 28, according to Fars.
The state-aligned media outlet added that the US had conditioned the cessation of hostilities on all fronts on the start of negotiations, a prerequisite that Tehran views as a strategic manoeuvre rather than a genuine peace overture.
Offering a similarly critical assessment of this diplomatic deadlock, the Mehr news agency, meanwhile, said, "The United States, offering no tangible concessions, wants to obtain concessions that it failed to obtain during the war, which will lead to an impasse in the negotiations."
This media backlash comes after Tehran put forward its own comprehensive framework aimed at regional de-escalation, which stands in stark contrast to Washington's terms.
In its proposal, Iran had called for an end to the war on all fronts, including Israel's campaign in Lebanon, as well as a halt to the US naval blockade on Iranian ports in place since April 13.
Additionally, the Islamic Republic demanded a complete dismantling of the economic restrictions imposed by Washington.
It also called for lifting all US sanctions and the release of Iranian assets frozen abroad under longstanding US sanctions, according to the Iranian foreign ministry in a press conference last week.
On the highly sensitive question of vital maritime trade corridors, Fars said the Iranian proposal had emphasised that Tehran would continue to manage the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy conduit which it has largely kept closed since the start of the war.
As diplomatic channels stalled and the impasse deepened, Tehran accompanied its media messaging with sharp military warnings directed at the White House to signal its readiness for a prolonged standoff.
On Sunday, Iranian armed forces spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi warned US President Donald Trump against restarting attacks on Iran.
Delivering a stern message via official broadcast networks, the military representative indicated that any further external aggression would meet a catastrophic domestic response.
"The desperate American president should know that if his threats are carried out and Islamic Iran is attacked again, his country's resources and military will be confronted with unprecedented, offensive, surprising and tumultuous scenarios," he said, according to state television.
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