Moscow: Kazem Jalali, Iran's ambassador to Russia, has said that during recent wars with Iran, both Israel and the United States failed to meet their military goals.
The ambassador cautioned that Washington DC would not achieve the same level of victory through diplomatic channels as it achieved on the battlefield in an interview with the Russian newspaper Vedomosti, which was reported by Al Jazeera.
"They stated that they could conquer all of Iran in a few days and carry out regime change," Jalali told the journal, reflecting on the initial objectives of the opposition troops. He questioned the results of these efforts and insisted that the offensive had failed in every way.

Which of their tasks have they successfully completed? Not in one. "The US and Israel's attacks on Iran have failed," he declared.
The ambassador also noted that as the crisis developed, US expectations had changed dramatically, from complete political upheaval to more limited maritime interests. Jalali said, "At first they wanted regime change, but they got to the point where they only wanted to open the Strait of Hormuz," according to the Al Jazeera report. It doesn't work.
The effectiveness of the naval embargo, he said, "do not make any sense" given Tehran's "iron will for further actions."

Jalali suggested that rather than weakening Iranian determination, the conflict had strengthened it. Speaking on the move toward possible talks, he pointed out that the US had previously supported Iran's 10-point program before withdrawing its backing.
After hostilities ended, the ambassador made it plain that Tehran would not be coerced into unfair arrangements. According to Al Jazeera's account of the conversation, Jalali stressed that the US President would not be able to achieve through diplomacy what could not be achieved by force.Trump will no longer be able to accomplish during negotiations what he was unable to accomplish during the conflict. "A fair compromise based on a win-win position must be reached during negotiations," he continued.
The current two-week truce is scheduled to expire on April 22. Iran's nuclear capabilities, the Strait of Hormuz, and the oil artery caused Tehran and Washington to impasse during the first round of ceasefire talks.
The Islamabad negotiations are the last diplomatic stopgap before a possible escalation into full-scale infrastructure warfare, as the ceasefire is scheduled to expire on Wednesday.
The Iranian leadership's refusal to talk under the "shadow of a blockade" raises the possibility that the last round's 21-hour marathon was merely a prelude to a far darker clash, despite the US's insistence that a "fair and reasonable" solution is on the table.