2024-03-22T07:33:32+00:00
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/ A brand new guide by former Iranian Overseas Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif revealed the scenes behind the scenes of the evening of the Revolutionary Guards’ assault with ballistic missiles on the Ain al-Assad base, which homes American forces in Iraq, on January 8, 2020, in retaliation for Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a strike in Baghdad 5 days earlier.
In his guide “The Depth of Persistence,” revealed a number of days in the past, Zarif highlighted eight years of his duties as Iranian Overseas Minister between 2013 and 2021, noting that the primary determination of the Supreme Nationwide Safety Council relating to the character of revenge concluded that “there is no such thing as a rush in revenge.” The best technique is what’s at all times carried out by the Lebanese Hezbollah, that’s, imposing exhaustive situations of preparedness on the forces of the opposite celebration.”
Hours after the Revolutionary Guards’ assault on the Ain al-Assad base, Zarif obtained a cellphone name from his deputy, Abbas Araghchi, wherein he knowledgeable him of the assault. This was after Araghchi made a name to the Swiss ambassador, who takes care of American pursuits, wherein he conveyed an Iranian message on the request of the Supreme Nationwide Safety Council.
Zarif identified that the Individuals obtained info from the Iranians hours earlier than the assault, including that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the Ministry of Overseas Affairs realized of the assault hours after Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.
He continued: “Informing the Iraqi Prime Minister was an accurate and applicable motion, however what raises questions is, why did they not inform the President (Rouhani) and the Overseas Minister?”
In latest months, there have been conflicting tales concerning the Individuals receiving Iranian messages earlier than the assault on the Ain al-Assad base in Anbar, with the intention of avoiding losses among the many ranks of the American forces.
Final month, Ali Shamkhani, advisor to Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei, denied what former US President Donald Trump stated about receiving an Iranian message.