What is needed in order to defeat a plan that has already been rejected by one side is unclear. But it’s noteworthy that Iran thinks it has anything to say about this plan at all. Iran has no geopolitical stake in this agreement or its rejection. Its only interest stems from Islam. This shows once again the centrality of Islam to Muslim countries’ assessment of the Israeli-“Palestinian” conflict — the one aspect that Western analysts routinely ignore. Get details in The Palestinian Delusion.
“Iran Prepared To Defeat ‘Deal Of Century’, Qods Force Commander Tells Gaza Leaders,” Radio Farda, February 3, 2020:
The new commander of Iran’s Qods Force has told HAMAS and Islamic Jihad leaders that “The Islamic Republic is prepared to defeat President Donald Trump’s latest proposal to solve the Israeli-Palestinian issue, Iranian agencies reported on Sunday February 2.
“Iran is prepared to stand alongside the Palestinian nation and particularly resistance forces to confront the threats caused by the Deal of the Century,” General Esmail Qaani has said in a phone conversation with Islamic Jihad leader Ziad Nakhale and HAMAS leader Ismail Haniyeh Saturday evening.
Qaani replaced Qods Force’s former commander Qassem Soleimani after he was killed in a U.S. drone attack in Baghdad in early January.
Semi-official news agency ISNA says that the two Palestinian leaders welcomed Iran’s stance against the Deal of the Century. However, Qaani did not elaborate on how Iran is going to confront Trump’s initiative.
Haniyeh and Nakhale met Qaani last month during their visit to Iran to take part in Soleimani’s funeral. However, the Saturday night conversation over the phone was the first reported official contact with Palestinian leaders by a high-ranking Iranian military officer after the declaration of the Deal of the Century….
The Revolutionary Guard or IRGC has called it “a big satanic conspiracy” by the United States adding that it would be “ditched in the trash can of history.”…