RAEL’S COMMENT:
Iran is absolutely right. And not only in the Middle East but also around China, Korea, Philippines, Venezuela, and in the 150 countries where they have military bases.
Tehran has brushed off US calls to pull its forces out of Middle East countries, saying that it is the ‘enemy’ Washington who should go back home. It comes as Iran marks 40 years since the Islamic Revolution.
As the US’ own forces start to withdraw from Syria, Washington is increasingly worried that Tehran is getting too entrenched in the war-torn country. The US has repeatedly lambasted Iran for its presence in Syria, where Tehran maintains ‘military advisers.’
On Monday, the deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired back at Washington: “The enemy cannot ask us to leave the region. They must leave the region.”
“We will help any Muslim anywhere in the world,” Brigadier General Hossein Salami added.
It’s not the first time that Iran has rejected US demands to curb its ‘influence.’ Last week, a senior aide to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Ali Akbar Velayati, warned: “Whether they want to or not, the Americans must leave Syria.”
Iran’s presence is Syria has been irking the US more and more ever since President Trump announced the pullout of 2000 troops from the country, where they’ve been since 2015. However, in a recent interview President Trump has said he wants to keep some forces in the region “to protect Israel” and “watch Iran.”
That said, the decision to pull out the majority of US troops caused backlash at home, where politicians across the partisan divide sounded the alarm that it will cause a resurgence of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and leave the country open to Iran and Russia.
