Any war-ending deal with Iran must include a binding and enforceable US commitment to non-aggression and no future threats against Iran or its allies; without which any deal or understanding is merely a lull before another storm.

The story of 32-year-old Iranian missile scientist Mahsa Taheri, identified by DNA ten days after her martyrdom in a US-Israeli strike during the recent war on Iran, reveals a woman who was extremely devoted to her country, faith, family and martyrs.

The 1953 Anglo-American coup against Iran’s democratically elected government, driven by oil interests, foreign intervention, and propaganda, restored monarchical rule, weakened democracy, and left a lasting legacy shaping Iran’s politics and relations with the West.

The recent US-Israeli war against Iran exposed American military bases as magnets for regional destabilization, underscoring how host countries can become legitimate targets rather than protected allies and suggesting that durable regional peace and security ultimately depend on the expulsion of US forces and the dismantlement of their military infrastructure.

The Strait of Hormuz crisis triggered by the US war against Iran shows how war disrupts oil supplies, raises prices and inflation, weakens purchasing power, and ultimately transfers the economic costs of wars from battlefields to ordinary people worldwide.

Iran’s Caspian Sea convention ratification debate centers on security, sovereignty and regional cooperation, with some stressing protection from outside powers while some others warn unresolved maritime boundaries, resource shares and territorial rights need to be settled first.

Trump's demand of compensation is a reactive, theatrical gimmick that admits US military and strategic failure and Iran's upper hand in this war and in controlling the Strait of Hormuz.