Iran has been talking big, escalating its uranium enrichment and unveiling a new underground “missile city,” in anticipation of a Biden administration’s returning to the Obama policy of appeasement.
Iran has repeatedly warned its enemies not to threaten it, saying that it will retaliate. To most Westerners this means that if a Western country (or Israel) attacked or threatened Iran, it would retaliate. But this isn’t what Iran means. To the Iranian regime, any opposition to its interests constitutes an attack, including in territory far beyond its own region. In a shocking declaration, Major General Mohammad Baqeri stated: “today’s sea arena is unique and incredibly valuable for the whole world and for the Iranians.” After boasting about the full power and synergy of the Iranian army and the IRGC, Baqeri went on to be more specific about Iran’s activity in the Caribbean Sea around Venezuela:
We see that the tanker and commercial vessels of the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite all the threats to the shores of the Caribbean Sea in Venezuela, are moving safely and peacefully under the proud flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the reason is Iranian brave military forces authority.
He also gloated about the expansion of the regime’s power:
If we witnessed the unveiling of the IRGC Navy’s underground missile town in the past week, this week we will also see the annexation of two valuable vessels of the Strategic Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and every week and every month we see the increase in the defense power of Iranians and we are proud of it.
The Iran nuclear deal is based on trusting the Iranian regime, taking it at its word, when it has proven repeatedly that it cannot be trusted. Iran has been clear about its ambitions for regional dominance and ultimately global Shia dominance. Iran also ascribes to a dangerous doomsday theology; senior Ayatollah Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri has stated:
In Order for the Hidden Imam to Reappear We Must Engage in Widespread Fighting with the West.
“Iran won’t allow enemies to flex muscles: Commander,” Islamic Republic News Agency, January 13, 2021:
Tehran, Jan 13, IRNA – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri said on Wednesday that the armed and navy forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will not allow enemies to flex muscles against Iran.
Speaking during the ceremony of the annexation of the “Zereh” (meaning ‘Armor’ in Farsi) missile launcher and helicopter carrier dubbed “Makran”, Major General Baqeri said that today’s sea arena is unique and incredibly valuable for the whole world and for the Iranians.
God Almighty has granted this great nation the blessing of having beaches and proper access to the open seas, and we have to properly utilize this God-given gift to expand the divine power of Islam as necessary and to defend the interests of our country beyond the borders and to defend Iran’s maritime borders, which include valuable fossil energy resources and our maritime trade routes, to be properly defended, supported and secured, he noted.
He added that this God-given gift can lead to tremendous development and progress of the country at the regional and global levels.
The geostrategic advantage of these valuable beaches and open seas can bring maritime and defense authority to our beloved country, he noted.
He underscored that the armed forces, especially the Army’s Strategic Navy, along with their valuable defense missions, have stepped in and moved alongside their valuable defense missions by deploying on the coasts of Makran as a pioneer in the development of these deprived areas and have begun to take valuable measures, and we hope that the government and other important parts of the country will continue to develop and see advanced beaches and areas in this region.
Pointing out that the Strategic Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has accomplished its defense missions with full strength and authority through all its time in charge, Major General Baqeri stated that from the beginning of the Iraqi-imposed war against Iran, the Strategic Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran began its powerful move by destroying the Baathist regime’s navy that day and played a pivotal role in preserving and liberating Khorramshahr, and then took an essential role in escorting the country’s commercial convoys, and after the holy defense, it performed missions to protect the borders of the Islamic homeland.
Over the last decade, the Navy has carried out significant missions with authority in remote seas against piracy and terrorist moves of enemies, he said.
Following deploying on the shores of the Sea of Oman, it could permanently deploy its fleet in the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and distant seas, he further noted….
Stating that the armed forces are united today, he said that the army and the IRGC are two powerful arms of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the defense industry, as their powerful backing, performs their defense missions with full power and complete synergy, so that the enemies have no power to flex muscles in the waters and regions under the rule of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
He highlighted that, If today “we see that the tanker and commercial vessels of the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite all the threats to the shores of the Caribbean Sea in Venezuela, are moving safely and peacefully under the proud flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the reason is Iranian brave military forces authority” and power of deterring….
Walter Sieruk says
Those strong harsh bellicose words spoken by the chief of Staff of the Iranian armed forces is clear and blatant reflection of arrogant definite and hostil ayatollahs and mullahs as well as the other jihad-minded Muslims who have such terrible power and control in that Islamic regime of Iran, This control and power has direct and insidious influence over Iran’s military and other mayor area’s in that Islamic government of heinous oppression of the Iranian people.
Furthermore, the mullahs of Iran brainwash the Iranian people against the USA an keep getting them all worked up into chanting and yelling out “Death to America” should tell us something
We need to be grateful to God that the date ,1/16/21, of this posting Donald Trump is still the President and Chief Executive of the United States of America. For President Trump has the wisdom to enact strong sanctions against that brutal ,cruel and oppressive “mullah tyranny” of Iran that engages in brutal, cruel and murderous violence against its own Iranian citizens, so how much do those in power in Iran care ,if possible, about the human rights of people of other nations ?
Back on the date of 4/22/19 the US Secretary of State ,Michael Pompeo spoke of that brutal and oppressive tyranny which oppresses the people of Iran and said “We will not appease their oppressors as that last administration did .” Pompeo then stated “We will support the Iranian people.”
As far back as on Tuesday, 2/5/ 19 in his second State on the Union a speech President Trump spoke of that Islamic tyranny of Iran as well as those in total power and complete of that tyrannical rogue state. For the President declared “It is a radical regime, they do bad, bad things.”
Moreover, an author of an article on a Freedom Site, Dariush Afshar, had explained the reality of the situation well when he wrote that the “People of Iran who fight for freedom in Iran and abroad put a huge gap and draw a prominent line between Iran and the Islamic regime in Tehran.”
This is sadly and tragically the terrible reality of this Islamic tyrannical regime of Iran. This Islamic tyranny has been well nicknamed “the mullahs regime” in which them mullahs and ayatollahs as well as other fiendish and fanatical Muslims in power have a strong and awful control of the Islamic regime of Iran and through their band of Islamic state “police” , who are called the “Revolutionary Guards “come down hard human rights of the Iranian people .
Therefore, the Iranian people who are trapped and forced to exist in this Islamic tyranny live in terrible ear of the mullahs and others in power in Iran. This is a tragic and sad reminder of the wisdom that was printed in the periodical of Benjamin Franklin which is entitled POOR RICHARD’S’ ALMANAC that reads “Those who are feared are also hated.”
It also should be added, to this that the actual word “Republic” has on origin the Latin meaning “Of the people” With the mullahs ayatollahs in so much power and even influencing the parliament of this Islamic regime is tyranny is hardly a real republic .Furthermore the ruthless gang of thugs who are the stooges of those Muslim clerics, called the “Revolutionary Guards,” those Islamic State “police” come down hard on the human rights and freedoms of the Iranian people. Therefore the people do have the right to overthrow a tyranny. This reality had even been expressed and described by men of great intelligence .For example the philosopher .John Locke. This is wisdom that mullahs and other villains in power in that Islamic tyranny don’t want the Iranian people to know about or understand
Westman says
In case no one in US government is paying attention, Iran recently put up a high-power dual-purpose communications satellite that will have the ability to control military drones across the ME and into Europe. It will be operational in month or so when it reaches the correct position. It was sold as an internet access point while actually equally useful for Iran’s military.
This thing is a direct threat to Israel and ME-based US troops. It is also a likely staionary reference point for missile guidance. It was built by Airbus and launched by SpaceX. Why is SpaceX indirectly working for a hostile government? Congress needs to wake up, get over Trump Syndrome, and pay attentionto our defense.
Infidel says
Which islam, Iran? The version of islam that you follow is followed by nobody, except the people of Iraq, Azerbaijan and Bahrein. Otherwise, in Yemen, they follow the Zaidi version of shi’a islam, which is different from the Twelver sect, which is unique enough to be an Iran-only version of islam. And other Arab shi’a generally follow the Ismailiya – the sect headed by the Aga Khan