Mohammad Javad Akbarin, an editorial member of Iran International, referring to Donald Trump's statements about the previous actions of the Islamic Republic against the United States, said that Trump is trying to turn the war with the Islamic Republic into not an act of aggression, but a defense of the United States. According to Akbarin, by recalling the death of American soldiers in the attack on the Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut in 1983 and the ideological positions of the Islamic Republic against America and Israel, Trump seeks to prepare public opinion for the renewal of military operations.

Mohammad Javad Akbarin, an editorial member of Iran International, referring to Donald Trump's statements about the previous actions of the Islamic Republic against the United States, said that Trump is trying to turn the war with the Islamic Republic into not an act of aggression, but a defense of the United States. According to Akbarin, by recalling the death of American soldiers in the attack on the Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut in 1983 and the ideological positions of the Islamic Republic against America and Israel, Trump seeks to prepare public opinion for the renewal of military operations.