IRAN PERSPECTIVE

Tehran rejects the narrative of collapse. Iran's UN envoy has delivered a sharp response: the United States 'operates like pirates' with its naval blockade, and Iran holds its allies directly responsible for disrupting global trade. The three-step proposal — Hormuz first, end of war second, nuclear third — is not framed as capitulation but as a realistic exit plan that Washington refuses for domestic political reasons.

Iran's parliamentary speaker maintained symbolic pressure: Iran 'still holds unrevealed cards' despite Trump's declarations about state collapse. This phrasing — deliberately ambiguous — signals that Tehran retains escalation capacity without specifying what form it takes. Analysts point to possible cyber operations, strikes on infrastructure of US regional partners, or transfers to Moscow and Beijing of technology for circumventing the blockade.

The offer to share with the Shanghai Organisation Iran's experience of resisting American pressure represents the most strategic signal Tehran has sent this week. This indicates Iran is positioning itself not merely as seeking a way out of crisis — but as a model of anti-hegemonic resistance for an alternative bloc. Should the proposal be rejected, Tehran has already signalled the path it will take: deepening ties with Moscow and Beijing, definitive break with the Western economic order.