Iran’s Resistance to Western Escalation 🌍
Iran refuses to yield to Western threats, embodying a core principle of its ideology: escalate when provoked.

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32.2K views • Mar 22, 2026

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“Not giving into western demands is the centre of Iranian ideology.”
Iran likely won’t bend to Trump’s threats because with Iran, the more they are threatened, the more they are “likely to escalate”, says The Times Middle East correspondent, Richard Spencer.
Richard Spencer was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum MacDonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday from 6-10am.
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Iran likely won’t bend to Trump’s threats because with Iran, the more they are threatened, the more they are “likely to escalate”, says The Times Middle East correspondent, Richard Spencer.
Richard Spencer was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum MacDonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday from 6-10am.
Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/
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