Murad Vaisi, the senior analyst of Iran International, said: "Scott Bessant, the US Treasury Secretary, compared the leaders of the Islamic Republic to rats trapped in the sewers who are unaware of the plight of the people in underground shelters." Basant said that the situation in Iran is changing rapidly. At the same time, Mike Pence, Trump's former vice president, emphasizing the military superiority of the United States in the previous war, called the establishment of the ceasefire with the Islamic Republic a mistake.