Adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran: If conditions are not met or the conflict escalates

On 13 August, the adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Mukhbel, wrote in social media that if Iran ' s conditions were not met, the Supreme Leader had made a clear strategic decision and would respond by escalating the conflict. The current situation, according to Muhebel, proves that the United States lacks the capacity to protect its Persian Gulf allies. He also stated that the most lasting path to the establishment of a new regional order was to promote the implementation of the Holmuz Economic Security Mechanism to break away from the dependence on United States military guarantees. Xinhua