Moscow, April 20 -- Iran on Monday said that the war launched by the United States and Israel achieved none of their objectives, warning that Washington should not expect to succeed at the negotiating table where it failed on the battlefield.
In an interview with the Russian newspaper Vedomosti, Iran's ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, said the campaign against Iran fell short on every front. He dismissed claims by US and Israel that they could rapidly defeat Iran militarily and force regime change, arguing that none of those goals were realised.
"They said they could take over Iran in a matter of days," Jalali noted in an interview with Al Jazeera questioning the outcome. "In which of their objectives did they succeed? None. The attack...