In its latest warning to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have said that the two countries will suffer a “crushing response” if they keep crossing the Islamic Republic’s red lines.
Addressing Friday worshippers in Tehran, the deputy commander of the Guards, Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami (pictured), spoke of last Saturday’s gun attack on a military parade in Ahvaz in southern Iran, which killed at least 24 people and wounded 68. He maintained that the gunmen were supported by the “nasty triangle” of the US, the “Zionist regime” of Israel, and Saudi Arabia:
Stop hatching plots against others, you’re not invincible. You are sitting in your glass palaces, and you can’t withstand the blade of the Iranian nation’s revenge.
Our self-restraint is deeply rooted in our revolutionary nobility, but if you cross our red lines, we will surely cross yours. You know the storm the Iranian nation can create.
Who’s Behind the Attack Killing 29 in Ahvaz in Southwest Iran?
The Tehran Friday Prayers leader, Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahed Kermani warned, “The US and Israel would rue the day as their bases would not be safe anymore if they make the slightest mistake.”
Since the attack, Iran’s leaders have focused on external powers, rather than the internal issue of Ahvazi separatism — the population of the city in the southwest of the country is largely Arab, and there have been recurrent protests over the regime’s economic and social policies.
The Supreme Leader decalred “conspiracies by the US-backed regimes in the region”, and President Hassan Rouhani echoed with “small puppet countries in the region are backed by America”.
On Sunday, the Revolutionary Guards pledged “deadly and unforgettable revenge” against “the ruthless stooges of the global arrogance and reactionary regimes in the region”.
Iran Daily, Sept 23: Regime Responds to Deadly Attack in Southwest
Iran Daily, Sept 24: Military Pledges to Avenge Ahvaz Attack, Points at Saudi Arabia
Well as far as the UAE is concerned, how about Iranians, especially those who are connected to the regime to simply stop going on shopping trips there, stop sending their kids there to study and to cease all investment activities!? All I hear is how Iranians are mistreated and disrespected in the Emirates. Well get even! On another note, Iran is in deep shit. The currency is dropping with no end in sight. Half of all bank loans are toxic. A third of the population is not active economically. Venereal diseases are rife. Iran has the highest rate of stds and because a lot of the people who are infected wait too long to get treatment which can lead to female infertility. There’s no sex education in school so a lot of young Iranians are ignorant of the dangers of stds and they’re not knowledgeable about birth control. And if they search for the information on the internet, that information is blocked because of internet censorship. The population is in free fall. Young Iranians have little interest in having kids because of the economic problems and what they see as a bleak future. The fertility rate isn’t enough to increase the population levels. Then there’s the environmental problems. The water supply is at a critical level. Lots of arable land has dried up. The farmers and their families are going to the cities. Do the math, there’s going to be more protests. The economy won’t get better. Who knows maybe Iran will be another Venezuela? Iran is headed for an economic collapse. With the environmental problems and declining birth rate, we are seeing the end of iran as we know it. It is a mathematical certainty that nothing but bad days are ahead. I heard that when UN officials from various agencies come to Iran, they quietly tell their superiors that things are going down hill fast. The human rights abuses are unforgivable but the wasting of Iran’s water resources and environmental destruction is equally unforgivable.
It is laughable how Iran critics like to cite problems that plague most of the world as evidence of Iran’s demise.
“On another note, Iran is in deep shit. The currency is dropping with no end in sight.”
Actually it is in sight. The Europeans, China, India, Turkey and Russia are already establishing financial instruments to circumvent SWIFT and US sanctions, which is infuriating Washington.
“Half of all bank loans are toxic.”
According to what evidence?
“A third of the population is not active economically.”
Duh. A third of the population are still at school. Iran has a young population. Over 60 percent are under the age of 30.
“There’s no sex education in school so a lot of young Iranians are ignorant of the dangers of stds and they’re not knowledgeable about birth control”
Duh. Please name one country in the ME that has sex education.
“And if they search for the information on the internet, that information is blocked because of internet censorship.”
Ditto the rest of the ME.
“The population is in free fall.”
Ummm wrong. The population of Iran is increasing at an alarming rate.
http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/iran-population/
Actually if you look at the populations in India, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and every other country in the region, the trend is identical. Egypt’s birth rate fallen 62%.
India’s has fallen dramatically
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/fertility-in-india-is-declining-rapidly-says-national-health-profile-2018-60921
There are record low birth rates among millennials.
“there’s the environmental problems. The water supply is at a critical level.”
Too funny. The reason Iran has a water crisis is because of it’s surging population and drought.
https://www.waterworld.com/articles/wwi/print/volume-18/issue-2/regional-focus/population-surge-threatens-water-supply-in-iran.html
Even Israel, which often boasts of it’s strategy for combatting water shortages is facing similar problems
https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-year-drought-raises-questions-over-israels-water-strategy/
“Lots of arable land has dried up. The farmers and their families are going to the cities. “
Wrong again
https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/69255/iran-s-food-industry-growing-at-fast-rate
Iran might be headed for an economic collapse, but there are ample predictions that the US economy is also headed for a crash.
“I heard that when UN officials from various agencies come to Iran, they quietly tell their superiors that things are going down hill fast.”
Of course you did. Unnamed sources right? 😉
“The human rights abuses are unforgivable but the wasting of Iran’s water resources and environmental destruction is equally unforgivable.”
What is unforgivable about an exploding population and drought?Drought and water shortages are plaguing countries around the world, including first world countries. Large parts of Australia are facing drought.
California is returning to drought conditions. Need we even mention Michigan and most schools in the US who’s water is contaminated with lead?