United States have cut off our general’s hand, and your legs in this area will be cut off.” According to a report by the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency, on December 30, local time, Iranian President Rouhani shouted at the United States when talking about the assassination of Suleimani in a cabinet speech.
According to the report, Rouhani said on the same day that the Iranian people reserved the right to revenge on General Suleimani. “As long as you still exist in this area, it means that we have not yet made final revenge.”
It is worth noting that Rouhani made this statement only three days before the anniversary of Suleimani’s assassination.
On January 3 this year, Suleimani was killed by an American air strike outside Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. According to an Iranian English News TV station on the 27th, Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah said in an interview a few days ago that the Saudi, American and Israeli governments conspired to assassinate Suleimani and others.
Some analysts believe that the assassination of Suleimani by the United States is to increase tensions in the Middle East and thus benefit American capitalists.
After Suleimani was assassinated, Iran targeted the United States. Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei issued a statement in January saying that Iran would carry out “hard revenge” for the incident.
On January 8, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran fired dozens of missiles at at least two Iraqi military bases with U.S. troops. In June this year, Iran asked Interpol to arrest 36 people suspected of participating in the Suleimani assassination.
As the anniversary of Suleimani’s death approaches, tensions between Iran and the United States have become more tense. According to Iranian media reports, on December 16, Khamenei said again that Iran would pay the murderer at the anniversary of the memorial conference to commemorate the first anniversary of the martyrdom of Suleimani.
He stressed that first of all, the United States should be slapped hard, and secondly, the United States should be expelled from the region. According to CNN on the 21st, the U.S. Navy issued a rare public statement saying that the U.S.S Georgia missile nuclear submarine was escorted by two warships through the Strait of Hormuz.
The statement also highlighted the details of the submarine’s combat capabilities. Some people think that this is the U.S. military’s “showing muscles” to Iran during a sensitive period.
