Komandan IRGC: Kehadiran Militer AS di Timur Tengah Paling Terlemah dalam Sejarah

BINTANGNEWS.com – Media PressTV berbahasa Inggris melaporkan,” Komandan senior Korps Pengawal Revolusi Islam (IRGC) Iran mengatakan kehadiran Amerika Serikat di Timur Tengah berada pada posisi terlemah dalam sejarah kehadiran militer Washington di wilayah ini, di tengah meningkatnya ketegangan antara kedua negara.

"The Americans have been present in the region since 1833 and they are currently at the weakest state throughout the history of their presence in West Asia, and have the minimum number of warships in the Persian Gulf," Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, the second-in-command of the IRGC, said in an interview with Fars news agency on Sunday.

Dia menambahkan bahwa Amerika bahkan telah menghentikan kapal induk USS Abraham Lincoln, yang telah dijadwalkan untuk bergerak menuju kawasan itu, di Samudra Hindia, dan telah menghindari membawanya ke Teluk Persia karena "ketakutan yang mereka rasakan" terhadap kekuatan Iran. di wilayah tersebut.

Amerika Serikat sangat memicu ketegangan dengan Iran pada Mei 2018 ketika Presiden AS Donald Trump menarik negaranya keluar dari perjanjian nuklir, yang secara resmi dikenal sebagai Rencana Aksi Komprehensif Bersama (JCPOA), dan menerapkan kembali sanksi keras terhadap Republik Islam yang bertentangan kritik global.

Ketegangan melihat kenaikan tajam pada peringatan pertama keluarnya Washington dari kesepakatan ketika AS bergerak untuk meningkatkan tekanan terhadap Iran dengan memperketat sanksi minyaknya dan membangun kehadiran militernya di wilayah tersebut.

Washington has since further ratcheted up the pressure on Iran, sending military reinforcements, including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, a squadron of B-52 bombers, and a battery of patriot missiles, to the Middle East.

On Friday, the Pentagon announced that 1,500 additional troops would be sent to the Middle East in what officials described as a “force protection” measure against alleged Iranian threats. Trump also claimed the deployment is "mostly protective."

Menteri Luar Negeri Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif pada hari Sabtu menolak klaim AS terhadap Iran sebagai "tuduhan palsu untuk membenarkan kehadiran militer AS di kawasan itu," mengatakan keputusan Washington untuk mengerahkan pasukan tambahan ke Timur Tengah "sangat berbahaya" dan mengancam perdamaian internasional dan keamanan.

Teheran telah berulang kali mengumumkan bahwa itu tidak akan menjadi pemrakarsa perang apa pun, tetapi berhak untuk membela diri dan akan memberikan tanggapan yang menghancurkan terhadap setiap tindakan agresi.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Fadavi lashed out at the US for conducting psychological operations against Iran, describing them as an act of evil.

Refuting US claims about having defeated terrorist groups, including Daesh, in the Middle East, the IRGC commander emphasized that it was the Islamic Revolution and fighters loyal to the Islamic Revolution that put an end to the activities to terrorist groups, which were affiliated with the global arrogance, in the region.

He emphasized that the fighters loyal to the Islamic Revolution routed terrorists in various parts of the Middle East, “and today, there is no sign of self-proclaimed terrorist states in the region.”***

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