{"id":14488,"date":"2018-07-27T03:07:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T03:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=14488"},"modified":"2018-07-27T03:07:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T03:07:55","slug":"we-are-closer-to-you-than-you-think-gen-soleimani-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/we-are-closer-to-you-than-you-think-gen-soleimani-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"We are closer to you than you think: Gen. Soleimani to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) \u2013 The IRGC\u2019s Quds Force Commander Ghasem\u00a0Soleimani\u00a0in reaction to US President Donald Trump\u2019s recent tweet against Iran said \u201cwe are closer to you than you think\u201d, rebuking Trump for threatening Iran.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Major General Ghasem Soleimani made the remarks on Thursday in the city of Hamedan.<\/h3>\n

His remarks came in reaction to Donald Trump\u2019s tweet on Sunday, in which the US president threatened\u00a0Iran with what “few throughout history have suffered before.”<\/h3>\n

Trump\u2019s tweet was in turn a reaction to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani\u2019s remarks in which he reminded Washington that peace with Iran will be the mother of all peace while war with the\u00a0country will be the mother of all wars.<\/h3>\n

\u201cAlthough Trump has been running the office for a year, his speech resembles that of a gambler,\u201d said Gen. Soleimani. \u201cWhen he talks with European countries, China, Russia or Korea, one feels like it is a gambler talking, and this means demeaning a nation\u2019s dignity.\u201d<\/h3>\n

The Quds Force commander then noted Trump\u2019s \u201cbaseless\u201d threats to hurt Iran in a way \u201cfew throughout history have suffered before\u201d, telling Trump to ask US intelligence and security agencies about the country\u2019s inability to hurt Iran; \u201cwhat could you have done against Iran in the past 20 years that you haven\u2019t done already? At the end, the victory belonged to the Iranian nation,\u201d said Soleimani.<\/h3>\n

\u201cWe are ready,\u201d said the Quds Force commander, adding \u201cyou know that this war would mean the destruction of all of your resources. You might start the war, but we would be the ones ending it.\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cAsk your then commander about whom he sent to me to beg for coverage for the American troops against the attacks of Iraq\u2019s Mujahideen Army until they could leave the country. Have you forgotten that you used to get adult diapers\u00a0for your soldiers operating US tanks? Now you are threatening the great country of Iran? On what background are you exactly basing your threats?\u201d<\/h3>\n

Soleimani went on to stress that the US committed the most horrid crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, adding \u201cwhat you did in Abu Ghraib prison will forever be your stigmata.\u201d<\/h3>\n

The Iranian commander then counted the US’ many failures in the wars it waged or backed against Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Gaza.<\/h3>\n

\u201cThere is no need for Iran\u2019s Armed Forces to get involved,\u201d said Soleimani. \u201cI myself and the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force are enough to face you as an adversary.\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cMr. gambler Trump! I\u2019m telling you that we are close to you exactly where you wouldn\u2019t think [that we are],\u201d said Soleimani.<\/h3>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t threaten us with killing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are thirsty for martyrdom and eradicating Arrogance.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) \u2013 The IRGC\u2019s Quds Force Commander Ghasem\u00a0Soleimani\u00a0in reaction to US President Donald Trump\u2019s recent tweet against Iran said \u201cwe are closer to you than you think\u201d, rebuking Trump for threatening Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Major General Ghasem Soleimani made the remarks on Thursday in the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14490,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488\/revisions\/14490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}