The U.S. Is the Source of All Massacres and Occupations in the World: Salami

Salami Hossein. X/ @Palestinahoy01


November 4, 2024 Hour: 6:44 am

Top Iranian Commander blames Washington for terrorism and division in Muslim world.

On Sunday, Hossein Salami, chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said the U.S. policies are to blame for the terrorism and divisions in the Muslim world.

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Salami made the remarks at a rally to mark the 45th anniversary of the former U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran and the “National Day of the Fight against Global Arrogance,” also known as the “National Student Day.”

Speaking at the gathering, the IRGC chief commander stressed that the “phenomenon of Takfiri (extremist) terrorism and bloody divisions in the Muslim world” were all outcomes of the U.S. policies. Salami described the U.S. as a “paradoxical identity.

Although Washington speaks of global peace, it is the source of all crimes, massacres and occupations in the world, Salami said.

Iranians took to the streets on Sunday, staging a march to the premises of the former U.S. embassy, chanting slogans against the U.S. and Israel. The demonstrators waved flags of Iran, Hezbollah and Palestine, as well as pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and slain leaders and commanders of Iran and the regional resistance groups.

At the end of the rally, the demonstrators issued a statement vowing allegiance to Iran’s supreme leader and condemning Israel’s “crimes” in Gaza and Lebanon, “which are being perpetrated with the direct participation and support of the United States.” They also called on the international community to work towards the achievement of ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.

A few months after the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in February 1979, Iranian university students took over the U.S. embassy building, saying that the embassy was, based on the documents found in it, planning to overthrow the Islamic Republic and serving as an espionage base for the U.S. government. Iran commemorates the takeover every year by holding nationwide rallies.

teleSUR/ JF Source: Xinhua