{"id":254545,"date":"2026-08-18T14:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/254545\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:35:17","slug":"iran-claims-victory-in-war-and-diplomacy-after-trumps-call-for-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/254545\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Claims Victory in War and Diplomacy After Trump\u2019s Call for Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            Iran Claims Victory in War and Diplomacy After Trump\u2019s Call for Surrender\n                        <\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had prevailed both militarily and diplomatically, claiming that those who initially called for Iran\u2019s unconditional surrender eventually sought negotiations as the conflict continued.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday declared that Tehran had prevailed in both warfare and diplomacy following days of resistance against coordinated military pressure,<a href=\"https:\/\/en.yenisafak.com\/world\/iran-won-war-and-diplomacy-foreign-minister-says-3722018\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Yeni \u015eafak<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a public event, Araghchi said Iran had faced down &#8220;the world&#8217;s largest apparent military&#8221; alongside another army claiming significant power, backed by nearly all Western nations and some regional states, according to the Tasnim news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Araghchi stated that those initially demanding Iran&#8217;s capitulation had shifted their position once hostilities commenced. &#8220;Those who were seeking unconditional surrender, shortly after the war began, begged for negotiations,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran&#8217;s Conditions for Ceasefire<\/p>\n<p>The foreign minister said Tehran initially rejected ceasefire proposals and continued fighting until the opposing side accepted a cessation of hostilities on Iranian terms. &#8220;We fought with strength, and we negotiated with strength,&#8221; Araghchi said, adding that several foreign ministers had subsequently told him: &#8220;You won both the war and diplomacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White House Pressure<\/p>\n<p>Araghchi&#8217;s remarks came one day after US President Donald Trump publicly called upon Iran to give up and &#8220;raise the white flag.&#8221; Trump issued the surrender demand on Monday as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to escalate amid ongoing regional hostilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran Claims Victory in War and Diplomacy After Trump\u2019s Call for Surrender Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[308,34,69],"class_list":["post-254545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tehran","tag-caspian-post","tag-iran","tag-tehran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117117014860846442","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}