Tehran-Sana
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Shamkhani, affirmed that the massive millions demonstrations that took place in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad today, reflect the pioneering role of the Iraqi people in the process of removing American forces from Iraq.
Shamkhani said in a statement today that "the countdown to the expulsion of American forces from the region began since the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani."
For his part, member of the Council of Experts of Leadership in Iran, Muhammad Hassan Abu Turabi, stressed the importance of the steadfastness and unity of the peoples of the region to achieve victory over its enemies.
Abu Turabi said in his Friday sermon that victory depends on the collective patience that the people of the region must show next to each other, noting the million demonstrations in Baghdad, noting that the Iranian resistance and response to the assassination of Soleimani is the beginning of the end of the illegal American presence in the region.
Today, Baghdad witnessed a mass demonstration, denouncing the presence of American forces and demanding their exit from Iraq.
In turn, the former Iranian defense minister, Brigadier Ahmed Wahidi, affirmed that the Iranian missile strike on the American base in western Iraq had caused the American occupation forces 70 dead and 200 wounded.
"While US President Donald Trump hides the results of the Iranian bombing, we are confident that he has killed 70 Americans and injured at least 200," Fares news agency quoted Wahidi as saying in a speech today.
Al-Wahidi pointed out that the Americans formally recognized their assassination of General Soleimani, pointing out that Germany, Britain, France and other Western countries support and encourage the crime of assassination confirms that they are sponsors of terrorism, wondering how these countries claim to fight terrorism and set rules for others in this regard.
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