Khamenei’s advisor: US must recognise Iran is the strongest power in the region
Middle East Monitor
Iran has become the principal player in the Middle East region and that the United States should acknowledge the country’s capabilities should it want to resolve the region’s problems, the military advisor of the Iranian Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei Brig. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi said.
Safavi added that Iran’s growing role in the region is the product of its foreign policy “which has surpassed all the Arab states in the region”. He demanded the US administration recognise that Iran is the strongest power in the region and Arab world.
He added that the United States possesses no option other than making concessions and recognising how “capable Iran is so as to be able to resolve the problems created in the region by Washington”.
Speaking in a rally of military commanders and officials in charge of “God’s Revenge” forces that belong to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Karman province, east of the country, the Brigadier added: “The capabilities of the United States of America in the Middle East region are dwindling by virtue of its defeat in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq and it is not as capable as it used to be.”
Khamenei’s advisor said that the role of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is to defend Iranian national security and the Iranian revolution and to follow up on strategic issues and ongoing developments in the region’s states including Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen.
Safavi described the operations that led to lifting the siege on the Shia town of Amerli, Iraq, as a clear victory for the Iranian Al-Quds Force and its commander General Soleimani. He added: “The Iraqi people will never forget the Husseini stance and the bravery of the Iranian Al-Quds Force when it intervened rapidly in Iraq.”
“The leaders of Iraq have sent congratulatory messages to Guide Khamenei and to General Soleimani in the wake of lifting the siege on the town of Amerli and the defeat of ISIS at the hands of our brave troops working side by side with the popular Iraqi forces.”
Safavi affirmed the readiness of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in order to confront the conspiracies that are aimed at Iran and Iran’s interests in the region. He said: “The Iranian Revolutionary Guards work in order to assist the liberation movements that struggle against dictatorial and reactionary regimes in the region. Assisting liberation movements comes within the framework of consolidating the strategy of confronting any potential threat facing the Iranian axis in the Middle East region.”
Brig. Gen. Safavi stressed that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are ready to face any threats in the future adding that “undoubtedly, their response to any threat posed to the Iranian revolution will be painful and decisive.”
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