Major General Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), claimed on Tuesday that his rogue regime is “widening the front” against Israel and the United States, hastening the collapse of both countries.
Salami claimed that the existence of both the United States and Israel will “come to an end” in the near future, and that Iran needs the help of all Islamic countries on earth to eradicate free societies. It will continue with others. ”
According to the Revolutionary Guard Tasnim news agency, Salami claimed Iran claimed it had “blocked” Israel’s access to parts of the Mediterranean, although it did not say whether the government was direct or a proxy force of the terrorist group.
“We are expanding our front in order to destroy our enemies,” he claimed, adding that Islamic countries needed to attack Israel to “defend our assets and identity.”
Reports on Salami’s comments do not clearly state what kind of operations, if any, the Revolutionary Guards were conducting to “extend their front” in the Mediterranean. The Revolutionary Guards itself has not announced any new operations on the ground, but the Iranian-backed Iraqi Islamic Resistance coalition, a Shiite militia group, issued a statement on Tuesday claiming it would attack Israel in the Mediterranean. Announced. The Islamic Resistance Forces of Iraq are widely believed to be made up of members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). The PMF is an Iranian-backed Shiite militia fighting the Sunni Islamic State terrorist group and is officially recognized as an wing of the Iraqi military. .
developing https://t.co/aw8ijPh3Mo
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 12, 2024
press tv report On Tuesday, the “Islamic Resistance of Iraq” claimed to have carried out a drone attack on an Israeli-operated platform in the Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea. The bombing was said to be “in support of the people of Gaza.”
At the time of reporting, Israeli authorities had not confirmed any significant damage caused by the attack, which was mainly reported in Iranian media and attributed to the Islamic Resistance Movement of Iraq.
Yemen’s Houthi jihadist movement, another Iranian terrorist proxy, also announced on May 3 that its fighters would head to the Mediterranean Sea. Over the past six months, the Houthis have waged a campaign of random attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea with the aim of disrupting trade with Israel.
“We will target all ships heading to Israeli ports in the Mediterranean Sea in areas within our reach,” Houthi spokesman Yahya Salih said. declared.
In addition to the Mediterranean, the Revolutionary Guards announced this week that it had sent its first warship to the Southern Hemisphere.of Shahid Mahdavia refurbished commercial ship currently being used for military purposes, crossed into the Southern Hemisphere this week for an unspecified “long-range mission,” Press TV claimed.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander General Salami said in remarks on Tuesday that Iran is “defending.” [its] By terrorizing, opposing, and supporting Israel, you protect your own national security and the safety and dignity of other Muslims. Iranian state broadcaster Press TV reported that Salami declared the US and Israel “the most abhorrent regimes on earth” and claimed that Israel was close to “brain death”.
“Through US military and political support and Western ventilation, Israel has been able to prolong its waning existence,” Salami reported. declared.
An event condemning Salami for the April 1 airstrike on an Iranian outpost in Damascus that killed another Revolutionary Guards commander, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and several other Revolutionary Guards personnel. I was giving a lecture at Israel is widely believed to be responsible for the airstrike.
Related: Iranian speedboat approaches US Navy warship
The IRGC is a US-designated terrorist organization and an official branch of the Iranian military. After his death, the Islamic Revolutionary Army of Iran’s United Council, a regime-affiliated group, said that Zahedi was closely involved in the “planning and execution” of the mass murder of an estimated 1,200 people and the abduction of 250 people in Israel. insisted. October 7 Among the documented atrocities committed by Hamas members on October 7 were the mass killing of children down to infants, widespread gang rape and execution during gang rape, and desecration of corpses. etc. were included.
The terror commander’s remarks came on the same day that Israel confirmed military operations in Rafah, the southernmost tip of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Tuesday that the operation was aimed at neutralizing Hamas’ ability to enter Egypt and use the Rafah border crossing to finance terrorist activities.
The operation in Rafah has become a point of contention between the Israeli government and President Joe Biden’s left-wing administration. On Tuesday, an anonymous “senior official” in the Biden administration said Biden had decided to halt shipments of 1,800 2,000-pound (907 kg) bombs and 1,700 500-pound (226 kg) bombs to Israel. Rafah was excluded from the list of terrorist threats surrounding the country due to concerns that the threat of Iranian-backed terrorism could be used in Rafah.
“We have not yet made a final decision on how to proceed with this shipment,” the official said.
Iran, like many countries in the Islamic world, has called on Israel to refrain from activities in Rafah. The ongoing operation in Gaza has largely neutralized Hamas in much of the remaining territory it controls. The IDF operation in Gaza was a self-defense operation in response to the October 7 Hamas atrocity, and a Hamas spokesperson said Iran had a record of direct involvement.
