Mahmoud Alinejad
Mahmoud Alinejad
anticipate case defend line military point pressure properly threat
Probably, they anticipate that down the line there will be a point that confrontation will be inevitable. Therefore, they are just indicating that in case they come under any military pressure or any threat then they can properly defend themselves.
adopt choice moderate otherwise people pursuing
He is pursuing it (the anti-Israel line) because he doesn't really have any choice internally. Otherwise he will be sidelined. It's very hard, even for people like Rafsanjani, to adopt a more moderate stance.