Senior Commander:

Iran Determined to Drive All Foreign Troops Out of Region

Rasa - Deputy Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazzayeri blasted US Secretary of Defense James Mattis' claims about "regime change" in Iran, and said Tehran is determined to expel all foreign military forces from the region.

News ID: 430997

Date: 14 July 2017 - 23:11

RNA - Iran is determined to push out all foreign forces from the Middle-East region, General Jazzayeri said.

"They frequently repeat their childish wishes about Iran, while the Islamic Republic of Iran within the framework of its principled and defined policies is determined to push out foreigners from the Middle East region continually with no doubt or hesitation," he said.

"The US ridiculous dreams for toppling Iran’s government are nothing but illusions and Iran holds no worries in this regard," General Jazzayeri stressed.

A country which is totally dependent on its people and its revolutionary society would never yield to propaganda or enemies’ artilleries or tanks, he said.

In relevant remarks on Wednesday, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan censured Mattis for his anti-Iran remarks, stressing that the nation will not bear the American officials' insults.

"Whenever the Americans have intended to make any type action against us or hire proxies to this end, our nation has proved that it makes them regret their deeds," General Dehqan told reporters after a cabinet meeting in Tehran.

"The Iranian nation doesn’t tolerate any humiliation, insult or threats by any powers," he underlined.

General Dehqan had also on Tuesday lashed out at Mattis for making hostile remarks, cautioning him to stay away from Iran.

"The US secretary of defense and the ruling system had better think of resolving their internal issues and study the root causes that will most possibly cause the current US administration to collapse in a not so far future and will make the country's political system face a lot of serious challenges," General Dehqan said.

He added that such remarks are the result of the US arrogant manner and ignoring other nations.

In recent comments, Mattis claimed that regime change will be necessary before the US and Iran can have substantially positive relations.

“Until the Iranian people can get rid of this theocracy, these guys who think they can tell the people even which candidates they get a choice of. It’s going to be very, very difficult,” Mattis said.

Improving relations with Iran will be particularly difficult, according to Mattis. He claimed that any potential rapprochement would be difficult because Iran is not really a democracy.

Today, he said everyone in the Middle East, from Tel Aviv to Cairo, has told him Iran continues to be a major problem. He claimed that the country’s influence has helped keep Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, in power, has escalated the conflict in Yemen by supplying ballistic missiles to Houthi rebels and continues to murder its own people.

“Iran is certainly the most destabilizing influence in the Middle East,” Mattis told the Mercer Island High School Islander.

He gave credit again to Hillary Clinton effectively using economic sanctions, forcing the Iranian regime to the negotiating table.

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