According to Jin10, Iran's Revolutionary Guards Deputy Political Director Sardar Jowani questioned Washington's stated war aims and said the war was unrelated to Iran's nuclear issue. Jowani told Fars News that people who think war stems from uranium enrichment do not understand history correctly, and that those who believe war would not happen if Iran stopped uranium enrichment either lack accurate historical knowledge or lack proper analytical ability. He said the war was caused by the U.S. desire to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran.