Mohammad Javad Larijani: Diplomacy and Maidan are not next to each other Head of the Basic Knowledge Research Institute: They say that diplomacy and Maidan are next to each other, it's a joke. Diplomacy and Maidan are not on the same level. Diplomacy is a basket in which everything that falls into it must be used. The whole world considers us winners. People who think we have failed do not know the pillars of strength.