Over a week removed from their single test of a ballistic missile, and following days of ever-escalating US threats that ensued, the Iranian government today insists that the test was nothing to do with President Trump, nor an attempt to send any sort of message to his administration.
Iran has conducted such tests a few times a year, usually with a token response from the US complaining about them. Trump has been hyping his anti-Iran position ever since, however, insisting they are “playing with fire” and that he won’t take military force off the table.
Iranian officials insist they are not particularly surprised by Trump’s response, and said there would’ve been no reason to “test” Trump with such a missile launch, because his views are quite well known. Iran insists the missile tests are legal, because they are not nuclear-related, and are for purely defensive purposes. The ban cited by US officials indeed only covers missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads, which Iran doesn’t have.
Iran’s Deputy Chief of Staff Hamid Aboutalebi issued a statement on Twitter urging the Trump Administration to de-escalate regional tensions in the Middle East instead of adding to them, saying the US should be willing to “interact with Iran” rather than constantly challenging them.
General Petraues testimony to USA congress:
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” The broader regional equilibrium is not the Islamic State; rather, it is Shiite militias, many backed by and some guided by Iran”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…/petraeus-the-islamic…/
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What should be done by the international community after Obama? (big words and zero actions and results)
Help the Persian clever people to replace the Shia Theocratic Islamist Mullah’s with a peace, equality and prosperity for all government!
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Theocratic Shia Islamist Iran is the self-declared enemy of USA, freedom and an empire on the making!
Obama agreement is extremely dangerous.
Fix it- don’t wait until it will too late!!
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The Persians (today Iran) and the Arabs are geopolitical enemies for the last 4000 years.
The Shia and Suni are Islam ideology enemies for the last 1000 years.
Islamist Iran in order to rule the fertile crests, funds and supports Shia roups in:
Lebanon – Hezbollah
Iraq– Special Groups
Yemen- Houthi
The vast majority of the millions refugees are Sunni’s!
In Iraq and Syria the Shia lead by Theocratic Islamist Iran are cleaning up the land from Sunni’s.
Then the days of the war will settle down, a new reality will be unveiled that will dictate the ME geopolitics for generations
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Thank to Obama irresponsible 8 years ME policy the Theocratic Islamist Iran is a superpower in the making.
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What drives Islamist Iran an empire on the making- a geopolitical view!- a geopolitical perspective.?
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1: Islamist Iran world domination expiration as stated in their constitution:
– “This century will witness the establishment of an**universal holy government ** and the downfall of all others”
The only country in the 21 century with such a constitutional statement.
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“”Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can already hear the sounds of the shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the Liberal democratic systems.””
Quoted from Islamist Iran president letter to USA president
This ideology stands against all the western values and threatens all the non Shia cultures(Sunni- Russia-China-India and keep counting)
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2: Islamist Iran continue their expansion in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen – Supporting terrorist networks in listed 42 countries—and manufactures ballistic missiles and NUK know haw.
3: Shia terrorist groups, the Islamist Iran guard and the Allawi’s are cleaning up Iraq+Syria+Lebonon from Sunnis.
4: In 2025 Islamist Iran will have in place ballistic missiles reaching London and bond and infrastructure to build NUKS within a couple of months.
Obama admitted this secret part of the NUK agreement
Imagine the huge boost to Islamist Iran aggression and terrorism after they will be backed by NUKS!!
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Western leaders rushing to Islamist Iran for economic advantages prove that Arabs and Islamist Iran know perfectly their corrupted soul.
Will president Trump change the course and impose strict economic sanction on Islamist Iran until the clever Persian people will kick out the Theocratic Mullahs?
Time will tell!
Gen. Petraeus’ speech to Congress, Shein Ariely, is a total LIE. Iran hasn’t threatened/attacked its neighbors in over 400 years. Did he even mention the illegal coup d’etat that overthrew the legitimate govt. of Mossadeq back in 1953 and installed the dictatorial Shah? this brutal dictator ruled Iran for 26 years, before the Iranian people overthrew his regime in a violent revolution. In 1979, the Mullahs took over the country, following the revolution and the fall of the Shah’s regime, and established Shia Islam as the state religion.
What Petraeus also omitted was the savagery of Daesh and other Sunni extremists that have been (and still are) terrorizing countries such as Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, etc., as well as France, Belgium and Germany in Europe. There are NO Shi’ite terrorists in any of these regions. Hezbollah is the Lebanese version of the US Army Rangers and the British SAS; i.e., a paramilitary force.
Iran’s current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khameini, issued a religious decree forbidding the development and/or purchase of nuclear weapons. Any uranium and/or plutonium purchased and/or developed was to be used for energy and medical purposes only. This decree had followed a failed attempt at developing nukes, and all efforts were redirected at producing energy for electricity and medical isotopes to be used for certain treatments in Iranian hospitals.
The major factor behind all of this hostility toward the Islamic Republic, of course, is Israel, the only Mideastern country who has nuclear/thermonuclear weapons which are stored in its facility in the Negev Desert, about a mile or so outside the town of Dimona. We can understand the Zionist Entity’s hostility toward Iran; especially, toward Hezbollah. In the summer of 2006, IDF troops crossed the northern border into Lebanon and attacked Lebanese civilians in the city of Qana with tanks and aircraft, killing over 1,000 men, women and children. Hezbollah fighters arrived on the scene and drove the invaders back across the border .. the IDF soldiers scurrying back into Israel like the cowards they are.
“Iran hasn’t threatened/attacked its neighbors in over 400 years.”
Iran invaded Iraq in 1974 and kept a battalion there for 18 months.
As countries go, Iran is not particularly aggression. No need to exaggerate that.
So, the Iranian missile not a message to Trump or not more of a message than are the US missiles a message to Iran.
I wonder if US message to Iran that all options are on the table also includes the only one: bombing Iran anytime bewtween tomorrow to year 2217?