{"id":9472,"date":"2026-03-28T07:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/28\/medvedev-warns-us-ground-invasion-iran-crushing-defeat\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T07:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:45:16","slug":"medvedev-warns-us-ground-invasion-iran-crushing-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/28\/medvedev-warns-us-ground-invasion-iran-crushing-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Medvedev Warns US Ground Invasion of Iran Would End in &#8216;Crushing Defeat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia&#8217;s Security Council, has warned that a US ground invasion of Iran would result in a &#8220;severe and crushing defeat.&#8221; He emphasized that such an action would entail heavy costs and unpredictable consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to historical experiences, Medvedev said entering a ground war in Iran could place the US in a situation similar to the Vietnam War, a conflict that lasted for years and resulted in extensive casualties and costs. According to him, the geographic complexities and regional conditions make any military operation difficult and protracted.<\/p>\n<p>Russian officials have previously cautioned against what they termed &#8220;military adventurism&#8221; in the Middle East. They stressed that escalating military tensions in the region could pose serious challenges to both regional and global stability and security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dmitry Medvedev warns a US ground invasion of Iran would lead to a crushing defeat, citing high costs and unpredictable consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}