IRGC chief: President Trump has realized real power of Iran
The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has reacted to US President Donald Trump's remarks about Iran, saying they show he has discerned the country's real power.
Speaking alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump took exception to the idea that Iran is currently weak. “They are not weak. They’re very strong right now,” he said.
Speaking to reporters in Bandar Abbas Thursday, IRGC chief Major General Hossein Salami said, “This is one of Trump's most accurate observations, because he has looked at the arena realistically."
"In a wrestling match, the opposite side understands power better. When two wrestlers come to grips, each can better understand the other's power,” he added.
Salami said Trump's judgement is in fact based on his realization of Iran’s might during his first term in office, when the Islamic Republic responded to the US assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani with a massive missile attack on American troops in Iraq.
“He has made an absolutely correct assessment. Iran has not weakened; rather, it has become much stronger than before, which everyone can clearly see,” Salami said.
Commenting on Trump’s restoration of the so-called “maximum pressure” campaign, the IRGC chief commander said such anti-Iran pressures also existed during his first tenure of Trump aimed at choking off the Islamic Republic economic lifelines, the result of which was "further prosperity of our national economy.”
The IRGC chief commander hailed Iran’s scientific and technological advances. “The youth and the Iranian nation, under the great leadership of the Islamic establishment, have realized that they must strengthen themselves to neutralize the sanctions,” he said.
He also touched on Iran's countless indigenous capabilities, saying the country's strategy in the face of the “maximum pressure” campaign is maximum production, endeavors, determination, and resistance.
Iran, Gen. Salami said, is a great country that never surrenders to foreign pressure, adding it will continue to strengthen its defense and economic power and stand firm against any threat.
“Our nation will not cave in to pressures. It will always move forward on the path of independence, freedom, and power with a strong will and not deviate from it.”
The IRGC chief also pointed to Iran’s relations with neighboring countries, saying they are anchored in the principle of interaction and common security which will increase security in the region.
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