Hildebrandt’s Interview with Mousavian- 24 July 2026
No one dares to predict what the next escalation will be or its scale. Ultimately, everything depends on the machinations of a war criminal, the fury of an unrestrained president, and the responsiveness of an Islamic government that has begun to show cracks.
“Neither the United States nor Iran can ‘win’ this war,” says former Iranian diplomat Seyed Hossein Mousavian, interviewed for this report. “If Washington’s objective was to bring about the collapse of the Iranian system, it has not succeeded, and there is little indication that continuing the war will produce any other result. ”
Hossein Mousavian has been Iranian ambassador to Germany, former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s National Security Council, spokesman in the nuclear negotiations between 2003 and 2005, foreign policy advisor to the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Western Europe and head of Administration of Parliament.
“The only realistic way to achieve any lasting result is through a diplomatic agreement,” he summarizes.
“It is necessary to isolate diplomacy from external agents who seek to sabotage it,” says Seyed Hossein Mousavian. “As long as Israel retains the ability to derail agreements between the United States and Iran, it is unlikely that any agreement will last.”
The war now threatens to expand. A scenario that both academic Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad and former diplomat Seyed Hossein Mousavian consider catastrophic.
On Monday, the Houthis in Yemen announced they would block all Saudi vessels from passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea. This threatens approximately 7% of the world’s oil supply. Aramco oil facilities, they warned on Wednesday, could become targets if Saudi Arabia does not lift its blockade of Yemen.
At the time of this writing, two vessels have been attacked and at least ten ships had to be diverted to the Suez Canal.
“These threats against maritime traffic are a warning sign of a regional war and must be understood as part of a much broader picture. The danger lies in the fact that a single escalation could set the entire region ablaze, disrupt energy supplies and global trade, and impose enormous economic costs on the international community,” warns Seyed Hossein Mousavian.
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