穆罕默德·佐尔加德尔，最高领袖穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊的顾问，前伊斯兰革命卫队高级指挥官。
A diplomatic agreement can’t bring real peace with a regime that has a long history of terrorism. Mohammad Zolghadr, an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and a former senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
美联社 在中东社会，寻求复仇是男性应对亲人暴力离世带来的悲伤和受损自尊的一种可接受方式。自1979年以来，这种做法也一直是伊朗外交政策的重要组成部分。输出革命、暗杀反政权流亡人士以及针对外国敌人的恐怖主义，都是为了报复西方对伊朗和伊斯兰教造成的真实或想象中的伤害。
Associated Press In Middle Eastern societies, seeking revenge is an acceptable way for men to cope with grief and wounded pride from the violent loss of loved ones. Since 1979 this approach has also been an important part of Iran’s foreign policy. The export of the revolution, the assassination of antiregime expatriates, and terrorism against foreign enemies are means to get even for the injuries, real or imagined, the West has inflicted on Iran and Islam.
唐纳德·特朗普寻求外交解决伊朗战争的努力不太可能成功，原因有很多，但其中一个重要原因是，这种结局无法满足寻求复仇的伊朗精英阶层。即使特朗普先生投降——意味着华盛顿解冻伊朗资产，承认德黑兰有权对通过霍尔木兹海峡的船只征税，并解除对伊朗航运和港口的封锁——这也可能会鼓励伊斯兰共和国寻求的不仅仅是总统的羞辱。
There are many reasons Donald Trump’s search for a diplomatic solution to the Iran war is unlikely to succeed, but high among them is that such a denouement wouldn’t satisfy a vengeance-seeking Iranian elite. Even if Mr. Trump were to surrender—meaning Washington unfreezes Iranian assets, acknowledges Tehran’s “right” to impose levies on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and lifts the blockade on Iran’s shipping and ports—it would likely encourage the Islamic Republic to seek more than the president’s humiliation.