[ALMASDARNEWS] Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Deputy Commander for Cultural and Social Affairs, said in an interview that Iran could easily defeat Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, and threatened to overrun American military bases in the Middle East.
In an interview that was originally conducted on 28 December by the Iraqi television network al-Nujab, but translated only Wednesday by the Middle East Media Research Institute, Naqdi said that the "Islamic revolution in Iran will not back down" from the goal of bringing defeat to Israel.
Naqdi, a former head of the Basij militia, said that there is no doubt that Israel must be "annihilated and destroyed" while adding that neither Russia nor any other country could intermediate.
"We were, we are, and we will continue to be the soldiers of Imam Khamenei until our last breath and until the last drop of our blood. I myself will hoist the flag of the Islamic Revolution in Jerusalem, Allah willing," the general said.
He also dismissed the possibility of a US attack in Iran: "America will not launch a war against Iran," he told the interviewer. "If it does ‐ a possibility that I rule out ‐ we will destroy all its military bases in the region. We currently stand before the gates and barbed wire [surrounding those bases], and if they make a wrong move, we will cross those barbed wire fences."
General called Arabia’s military capabilities as "very laughable." "We have a Farsi proverb that goes, ’You cannot compare an ant to an elephant.’ Saudi Arabia is incapable of controlling even its domestic front. It uses fighter planes to bomb small neighborhoods in Saudi Arabia. I believe that Saudi Arabia is much weaker than you might think.
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Naqdi claimed that Iran under the Shah's rule was subordinate to the American administration, while today the United States subordinates to Iran's dominance in the Middle East.
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