Following the assassination of Qassem Suleimani and Iranian regime threats of revenge, the US issued a warning against "Iranian action against US naval interests" • Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif: "Your days in our region are countless" • Shamhani: "Our pride will not allow us to be indifferent, all resistance forces Get his blood "
American ship in Hormuz Strait // Photo: AFP
US troops in the Strait of Hormuz // Photo: GettyImages
Suleimani's funeral // Photo: IPA
Photo: AFP
Echoing the liquidation: A day after it issued a warning to its US citizens staying in Israel about a possible Iranian missile attack, the US released another warning, this time to the Mediterranean cruise ships. The warning reads: "We are warning Mediterranean vessels about Iranian action Against American Naval Interests in Response to the Elimination of Qods Force Commander Kassem Suleimani. "
The warning comes, among other things, against the words of Iranian navy commander Hussein Hanzadi, who said: "I recommend those who are defined as our enemies to leave the area."
Since the assassination of Quds Force commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Kassem Suleimani, on Friday, has been preparing for the West in general, and the United States in particular, for revenge on which they have declared Tehran. In Washington, the Department of Homeland Security today called on companies and corporations to prepare for an Iranian cyber attack.
"The days of Americans in our region are numbered"
Last day, officials in the Iranian regime were interviewed and warned of their reaction to come. Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Jawad Zarif was interviewed by CNN, saying: "President Trump has shown no respect for international law and does not stop him from committing war crimes, because attacking cultural sites is a war crime but it does not stop him. Do Americans feel safer? "That's the price for arrogance, ignorance and disrespect."
"The days of Americans in our region are numbered. Not because we will take any action against them, but because they are not welcome. The United States is taking political terrorism, and Suleimani's assassination is an aggressive action we will respond to. The US must wake up to a reality that our region's citizens are not interested in their presence and want them to leave. The US has been in the Middle East for a long time and it has not brought a security zone. "
Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamhani said: "The message of the Islamic Republic is clear - America is responsible for the elimination of Iran's national hero, and our pride will not allow us to be indifferent. So if US forces do not leave our region vertically , We will make their corpses horizontal. "
Shamhani added: "In the meeting on the Sulimani elimination response, we proposed 13 scenarios. The response to the Sulimani assassination will not be in a single operation and all resistance forces will avenge his blood."
Filling the vacuum: Russia deepens its forces in the Middle East
At the same time as the US presence in the Middle East is shrinking, Russia is deciding to thwart its presence in the region. The immediate step they chose in Moscow is to send "Marshall Austinov" missile ship to the coast of Syria.
Iraqi Al-Somaria Network reports today that not only is the United States not planning to withdraw its forces from the state, but Washington is looking to build inside the Al-Assad air base in Assad district another airport to fit the US Air Force's heavy bombers - B52.
Meanwhile, Iran's envoys in the Middle East are continuing their terrorist activities. In Yemen, the Houthi insurgents launched a ballistic missile that directly hit the base of the Yemeni army in southern A-Dale province. At least 11 soldiers were killed and many injured. In Iraq, al-Najaba Iraqi Shiite spokesman Nasir a-Shammari declared that "in the next 24 hours we will meet Iraqi leaders to announce the single line against the US presence."
40 dead at Suleimani's funeral in Iran, burial ceremony postponed
Iranian media reported at least 40 dead this morning during the funeral of former Revolutionary Guards force commander Kassem Suleimani. According to reports, during a funeral held in the capital of Suleimani's hometown, Carman, a mass trial began for an unknown reason. There are also reportedly 48 wounded on the scene.
The body of Suleimani, a senior official of the Iranian regime who was eliminated by air strikes by the US military, arrived this morning in a city located in southern Iran for burial.
Iranian television began broadcasting images of the southern city early in the morning, showing tens of thousands of people, most dressed in black, marching around the city and waiting for the funeral.
Suleimani's funeral in Carmen, today // Photo: IPA
The masses read the familiar calls: "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," along with demands for immediate revenge against the United States.
Suleimani, whose official role was Commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, is considered to be the second most powerful man in the Iranian regime, second only to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. In Iran, they promised a proper response to the painful elimination for them, but the West estimates that it may take a while for the response to come, which is likely to come through one of the pro-Iranian militias operating in the area.
Revolutionary Guards Commander Hussein Salami said at the arrival of the body to Carman: "If the Americans respond to our revenge, we will burn the place America loves," when he probably means Israel.
