{"id":324482,"date":"2026-03-09T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/senior-iranian-official-tells-cnn-iran-ready-for-long-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T18:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:00:13","slug":"senior-iranian-official-tells-cnn-iran-ready-for-long-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/senior-iranian-official-tells-cnn-iran-ready-for-long-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Iranian official tells CNN: Iran ready for long war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4n5visLZSmE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Senior Iranian official tells CNN: Iran ready for long war\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4n5visLZSmE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview, Foreign Policy Advisor to the office of the Supreme Leader, Kamal Kharazi tells CNN\u2019s Frederik Pleitgen that it is a \u201cfalse narrative\u201d that the Iranian military&#8217;s capabilities have been drastically degraded and that he sees no \u201croom for diplomacy anymore.\u201d CNN operates in Iran with the permission of the Iranian government, as required under local regulations, but maintains full editorial control over what it reports. 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