Quote in New York Times, dated 28th Frb. 2026:
“Avoiding war is indeed a high priority, but not at any cost,” said Sasan Karimi, a political scientist at the University of Tehran who served as the deputy vice president for strategy in Iran’s previous government. “At times, a political state —especially an ideological one — may weigh its place in history as heavily as, or even more heavily than, its immediate survival.”
