A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says if the United States continues to keep its forces in West Asia, the region will turn into a new Vietnam for Washington.
"Americans took a foolish move by assassinating him and they must leave the region,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, speaking at a commemoration ceremony held on Sunday for the late Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his companions, including Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy chief of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Press TV reported.
“If they [Americans] do not leave the region, they will face another Vietnam [in West Asia],” Velayati said, adding, "Experience has shown that they have been always defeated in the face of plans made by Iran and the axis of resistance.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Velayati said a recent joint naval maneuver with the participation of Iran, Russia and China was a "turning point" in the region.
"Despite Trump's foolish rants, Iran will act in a way that will make the US regret" any acts of foolishness.
In response to a question raised by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) about Trump's threat to strike 52 important sites in Iran, Velayati said,"The Iranian nation has shown through history that it will put any aggressor in its place and any aggressor who dares to do this will regret it."
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