IRGC Deputy Commander:

Trump's Hostility towards Iran Due to US Failures

Rasav - Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for Political Affairs Brigadier General Rasoul Sanayee Raad underlined that US President Donald Trump's hostile approach towards Iran is due to Washington's failures in its regional plots.

News ID: 434588

Date: 04 November 2017 - 18:34

RNA - "Trump's hostile positions are the result of the failure of the US arrogant ruling system's policies in the region which resorted to proxy wars and the ISIL (terrorist group) to decrease the Islamic Republic of Iran's power," General Sanayee Raad said, addressing the Students Day ceremony in the Northeastern province of North Khorassan on Saturday.

Noting that the US has created the ISIL in the region, he said the terrorist group which is supported by the US not only kills men and women but also massacres children.

In relevant remarks on Wednesday, IRGC Spokesman General Ramezan Sharif blasted the US new sanctions against Iran, stressing that Washington wants to make up for its defeats and failures in the region.

"The US plans to make up for failures in the region as its theories for disintegrating the Muslim states have failed and it has also failed to materialize the objectives that it pursued through creating and supporting the ISIL, thanks to vigilance in the region," Sharif said.

Noting that the US sanctions are not just against the IRGC, he said, "In his recent speech, the US president publically called the Iranian nation as terrorist and certainly these sanctions are aimed at pressuring the Iranian nation, and speaking of the Armed Forces and the IRGC (as the target of these sanctions) is nothing more than a pretext."

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