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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) with US President Donald Trump (right) during their meeting on the sidelines of the 56th edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland.
“Zelenskyy has been digging into the pockets of Americans and Europeans to line the pockets of his corrupt generals,” says the Iranian government. Tehran will respond lethally in the event of an attack, guarantees the Revolutionary Guard.
Iran’s Foreign Minister addressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his US counterpart Donald Trump this Friday to declare that “the world is fed up with clowns” and show that he is not afraid of US military threats, after Kiev supported US military intervention in that Middle Eastern country.
“Zelenskyy has been digging into the pockets of American and European taxpayers to line the pockets of his corrupt generals and to deal with what he calls illegal aggression in violation of the United Nations (UN) Charter,” said Abbas Araqchi.
The head of the executive of the Islamic Republic of Iran criticized the fact that the Ukrainian leader, “openly and shamelessly, defend an illegal aggression of the United States of America (USA) against Iran”, also in clear violation of UN statutes.
“The world has had enough of these confused clowns, Mr Zelensky”he stated.
Trump’s threat. “Speaks a lot…”
For Araqchi, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are supported by “foreigners and are full of mercenaries”, unlike Iran, which, says the official, knows how to defend itself and “does not need to ask for foreign help”.
On the other hand, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard promised to respond on the ground to threats from the President of the United States, following the announcement of the sending a “huge fleet” North American waters near Iran.
Trump said on Thursday that a “huge fleet” was heading towards the vicinity of Iran and warned Tehran to cease repression against protesters. The aircraft carrier “Abraham Lincoln”, which was in the South China Sea, was sent to the Persian Gulf, according to US defense authorities. Faced with increased tension, several European airlines, including Air France, Germany’s Lufthansa and Dutch KLM, canceled flights to the Middle East region.
“Trump talks a lotbut you must be sure that you will receive the answer on the battlefield, said the commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Majid Mousaviresponsible for the Iranian ballistic missile program as head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air force, in statements cited by state television Press TV.
With hundreds of thousands of personnel, the force also known as the Revolutionary Guard was created following the 1979 revolution, which established the Islamic Republic, and its mission is to protect the regime led by the Shiite clergy. The former general of the Revolutionary Guard and current member of the National Security Commission, Esmail Kowsari, also reiterated that Tehran will respond lethally in the event of an attack, according to the Spanish news agency EFE.
“If enemies commit an aggressive act, they will receive a lethal and dissuasive response, and US bases in the region will be one of the main objectives,” he said, quoted by the Iranian agency Fars.
“What is happening now in Iran is a clear sign that things will not get better for Russia”, declared Zelenskyy last week, referring to what has been happening in several Iranian cities since the end of December and which has already caused more than three thousand dead.
The Ukrainian president argued that “all leaders, all countries and all international organizations must intervene now and help the people [iraniano] and remove those responsible for what Iran has unfortunately become.”
Trump has been threatening Tehran with intervention since the start of the protests, which were motivated by the devaluation of the country’s currency, the rial, and which evolved into a challenge to the Islamic Republic’s regime. Iranian authorities cracked down on the demonstrations, which they attribute to instigation by the United States and Israel, resulting in thousands of deaths.
Opposition non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have released reports that estimate up to 5,000 deadmostly protesters, but also members of law enforcement.
Kiev has repeatedly accused Tehran of supporting Russia in the context of the invasion and war against Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, under the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, something that has been refused by the Iranian authorities, who have strengthened their ties with Moscow in recent years.
