Representative of East Azerbaijan in the Assembly of Experts:‎

If the UK doesn’t end its malicious acts, they will never be safe in the Persian Gulf

Hujjat al-Islam Malakouti said that‎ the strength of the IRGC and the support of the Iranian ‎people for this revolutionary ‎institution has made it such that the enemies won’t dare to ‎carry out any sort of action against the country and added, “If the United Kingdom doesn’t ‎end its malicious acts, they will never be safe in the Persian Gulf.”‎

News ID: 446090

Date: 22 July 2019 - 18:06

RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Hujjat al-Islam Ali Malakouti, the ‎representative of the people of East Azerbaijan province in the Assembly of Experts, ‎referred to the capture of the British-flagged Stena Impero oil tanker seized in the Strait of ‎Hormuz by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on July 19 and said, “The Supreme ‎Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Khamanei] has repeatedly addressed the ‎enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, saying ‘the era of hit-and-run is over.’ The IRGC’s ‎action was a response to the vicious act carried out by the British [Royal Marines] – the ‎seizure of the Iranian tanker [Grace 1].”‎
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Referring to the oppressive sanctions imposed by the enemies against the Islamic Republic ‎of Iran, the teacher in the Islamic Seminary of Qom said, “Despite all the cruel sanctions ‎imposed by the enemies on the country, we want to sell our oil in various ways, but the ‎malicious British pirates seized our oil tanker in Gibraltar.”‎

He said that as long the British government continues their malicious acts in the Persian Gulf, ‎they won’t be safe, he stressed, “The malicious British seized an Iranian oil tanker in ‎contravention of international law and now they want secure themselves by slandering Iran.”‎
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Hujjat al-Islam Malakouti‎ noted that the Supreme Leader said “the believers and the ‎revolutionary elements in the country will respond to the evil British government at a suitable ‎position and opportunity” and said, “The powerful forces of the IRGC received the Supreme ‎Leader’s message well and retaliated against the malicious British government in the best ‎manner.”‎
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His Eminence pointed out that if it occurs that we can’t sell our country’s oil, we will prevent ‎the exports of oil by others and said, “By capturing the British tanker, the IRGC has ‎demonstrated to the enemies that they can retaliate against their actions in a reciprocal ‎manner.”‎

He emphasized that the West is now scandalized in the world and said, “We now see that ‎the enemies have turned to exaggeration in order to gain their lost reputation and every day ‎they make new and false claims.”‎

Hujjat al-Islam Malakouti said out that the enemies are always in delusion and added, “The ‎false claim by the government of the United States regarding the downing of an Iranian ‎drone by an American amphibious assault ship was another of the enemies’ exorbitant ‎allegations.”‎

In conclusion, he stated that the growth and capability of the IRGC and the support of the ‎people for this revolutionary institution has made it such that the enemies won’t dare to ‎carry out any sort of action and noted, “This is what the British leaders have acknowledged ‎themselves.”‎

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