Mohammad Javad Zarif: No one has defended Iran’s missiles as much as I have.
Mohammad Javad Zarif said at the 22nd Congress of the Democracy Party that since 2004, America has had a mental action.
We still expect a polarized relationship from the world and think that by clinging to one pole we can receive its support. The world is no longer like this; the world has become a network.
Your analytical framework is outdated. Saudi Arabia and China see the world as a network.
Military capability is a source of pride for the country. The people made it happen; isn’t the Revolutionary Guard and Basij part of the people?
China does not enter into a geopolitical game with America.
We lack proper understanding and perception of international relations. Why did we forget that it was our message that attracted the world to us?
No one has defended Iran’s missiles as much as I have, but our relative advantage has been the people and the fact that we had something to say to the world. Let’s not sacrifice this advantage for non-competitive domains.