Iran & Iraq “Two Bodies One Soul”

By: Kayhan Int’l 

"Two bodies one soul” could be an apt description of the vast West Asian region geographically classified as the Iranian Plateau and Mesopotamia and known in modern political terminology as Iran and Iraq – which for almost two millenniums since 539 BC was one single realm and which since 1639 AD have shared a 1458 km long border, stretching from the headwaters of the Persian Gulf in the south to Mount Kuh e-Dalanper in the Zagros range in the north.

The current visit to the Islamic Republic by Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, as a sequel to last month’s memorable trip to the Land of the Two Rivers by Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, is ample proof of the age old indivisible ties between the Muslim peoples of the two lands.

As a matter of fact, so firm and formidable are these relations that cover all spheres of life, ranging from religion, culture, politics, ecology, economy, industry, science, technology, etc., that the US which failed to create bad blood between the Iranian and Iraqi Muslims by imposing the 8-year war in the 1980s through its agent Saddam of the tyrannical Ba’th minority regime, has again banged its head into an iron wall by its vain bid to drive a wedge between the two countries.

Iran needs Iraq, and Iraq needs Iran; and with this in mind the leaders of the two countries are confident of boosting the volume of Tehran-Baghdad trade exchanges in the next few months to at least 20 billion dollars, much to their chagrin of their common enemies – the US, the illegal Zionist regime, and the unrepresentative reactionary Arab regimes.

The Iraqi guest in his press conference in Tehran on Saturday again expressed gratitude for Iran’s timely help in thwarting and throwing out the Takfiri terrorists, which backed by the US and Saudi Arabia were on the verge of taking Baghdad.

In other words, Iranian training to the Hashd ash-Sha’bi or Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) and supply of Iranian weaponry to them was the key factor for the defeat of the macabre Daesh terrorists trained in the most murderous methods by the Zionists and possessing state-of-the art American manufactured military hardware.

This is one of the reasons why the Iraqis give preference to Iranian products and have ignored Washington’s pressures to discontinue import of natural gas and electricity from Iran.

Adel-Abdul Mahdi had the honour of being granted audience by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who lauding the alertness of the Iraqi people against imperialist designs and their resistance towards the nefarious plots of the reactionary regimes of the region, told the venerable visitor that the sooner the US occupation forces are made to leave, the better for Iraq.

The Iraqi premier discussed a wide range of topics with his hosts, including the futile American bid to endorse Israel’s illegal bid to annex Syria’s Gold Heights and the declaration of the occupied Islamic city of Bayt al-Moqaddas as capital of the illegal Zionist regime, in addition to the state terrorism of Saudi Arabia in Yemen, as well as the situation in the region.

To sum up, the Iraqi politicians and the Iraqi people are well aware that for the security and progress of their country they need to join the Resistance Front led by a friendly and fraternal Iran, which is resolved to connect Baghdad to the railway planned to link Tehran to the Mediterranean via Damascus.
And this means the Americans, along with their Trojan Horses – Saudi Arabia and the reactionary Arab regimes – are unwelcome in Mesopotamia. 

Leader Views Ahvaz Attack as Continuation of US-Backed Regional Regimes' Conspiracies

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Following a terrorist attack that took place in Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz Saturday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei issued a message.

The following is the full text of the message:

In the Name of God, the Exalted

The tragic and heartrending incident of the martyrdom of a group of our dear people in Ahvaz at the hands of the mercenary terrorists has once again exposed the atrocity and viciousness of the enemies of the Iranian nation. These hardhearted mercenaries who open fire on innocent women, children and men are the dependents of the same bogus and duplicitous advocates of human rights. Their spiteful hearts cannot bear to see the manifestation of national sovereignty during Armed Forces parade. Their crime is a continuation of the conspiracies by the US-backed regimes in the region which have aimed at creating insecurity in our dear country. However, to their dismay, the Iranian nation will persist on the noble and prideful path they have taken and will—like before—overcome all animosities.

I hereby express my solidarity and sympathy with the families of these dear martyrs and I ask God for patience and divine calm for them as well as the elevation of the heavenly ranks of the martyrs. The intelligence sectors must swiftly and meticulously track and prosecute the purveyors of these criminals and hand them in to the powerful judiciary.

Sayyid Ali Khamenei

US-Zionist Threats Against Iran and Hizbullah

Editor

The threat of military force is usually effective only as long as it is not used. Once resorted to, the aggressor’s advantage in material superiority and preponderance of firepower become secondary to the outcome of the larger struggle. Examples abound.

The US learned this the hard way in Vietnam and Iraq, and is now being taught the same lesson in Afghanistan. Zionist Israel discovered the limits of firepower against Hizbullah in Lebanon in 2006. Given their repeated failures, why are the US and Zionist Israel now threatening Islamic Iran, a far more formidable power than those the twin evil regimes have confronted in the past? That old habits die hard is well recognized. Threats and bullying are what the imperialists and Zionists are used to. They are quick to resort to brute force against very weak opponents. After getting a bloody nose repeatedly, the Americans now indulge in economic warfare through sanctions and currency manipulations. Whenever they get an itch, the Zionists attack the two million besieged defenceless inhabitants of Gaza.

In view of the rising crescendo of war hysteria against Islamic Iran, let us consider what a possible war scenario would be. But first, we must mention what the Rahbar, Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei said last month. He dismissed the possibility of war while ruling out any talks with the US following Donald Trump’s offer, “There will be no war and I forbid any talks with the US.” The Rahbar’s rejection of talks with the US was based on sound reasoning: Uncle Sam is neither honest nor credible. Lying and cheating are part of his DNA.

Returning to the possibility of war let us suppose Israel and/or the US were to attack Hizbullah or Islamic Iran. Responding to Trump’s threats, General Qassem Soleimani, Commander of the Quds Force warned the US, “You can start a war but we will finish it.” Unlike the Americans and Zionists, Iranians do not make empty threats. Lest people forget, this month (September) marks the 38th anniversary of Iraq’s invasion of Islamic Iran. For eight years, Iran single handedly defended itself against the combined might of the Arabian regimes and their Western backers, as well as the Soviet Union. This epic defence is etched in the memory of every Iranian.

So what should we make of US-Zionist threats? Many Israelis, especially former military commanders among them General Ehud Barak, have admitted that Israel lost to Hizbullah in the 2006 war. Today, Hizbullah has a much larger arsenal of missiles — 130,000 according to most estimates — than it had in 2006. And in the best possible scenario, the Israeli Iron Dome would be able to intercept only 70% of missiles. If 30% of the missiles get through, that means some 39,000 missiles will rain down on Israel.

Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyid Hasan Nasrullah has warned that if Israel were to attack Lebanon’s civilian infrastructure as it did in 2006, Hizbullah would retaliate and hit Israeli cities. Imagine Hizbullah missiles hitting Tel Aviv, Haifa, or the illegal squatter colonies in the West Bank. There would be pandemonium. Last July after Israel bombed a Syrian military base, the latter retaliated by firing missiles into the Occupied Golan Heights with Zionist squatters scurrying into bomb shelters. Israel turned to Russia begging it to stop the Syrians promising not to attack their bases anymore!

Israel is extremely vulnerable. The Dimona nuclear plant and its chemical weapons factories in Haifa are within range of Hizbullah and Iranian missiles. Imagine a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv or poison gas release over Haifa. Israel’s nuclear and chemical weapons have become millstones around its neck.

The Zionists are cowards. They attack weak opponents but are unable to take punishment. Both Israel and the US prefer short, sharp wars; destroy the opponent’s infrastructure and then call for a ceasefire. If the war lasts more than two weeks, they are in trouble. Hizbullah and Iran would not allow them to determine the duration of war, if the imperialists and Zionists blunder into launching one.

More than 90% of Israelis today have dual citizenship compared to only 35% in 2006. It shows they have no faith in their government or military. It is no fun having to scramble into bomb shelters, with disruption in electricity and water supplies as well as food shortages for weeks. When greener pastures are available elsewhere, why stay in a miserable ghetto like Israel.

Trump and Netanyahu, be careful; be very, very careful. Don’t even dream of attacking Iran or Hizbullah or you will wake up apologizing! But that will not save your thick hides.

 

Editor

Trump’s Criminal Tweet Exposes His Suicide-Seeking Disturbed Mind

It should not come as a surprise if Donald Trump were to suffer brain hemorrhage.

The symptoms have been there for some time, and on Sunday midnight they became quite clear when in a sudden surge of blood to his head, the US president, or dotard as he is known, thundered a terroristic tweet at the Islamic Republic of Iran, which means he kicked the ball in his own goalpost thereby giving Tehran another plus point in the psychological war his administration has started.

Having failed to grasp the diplomatic finesse of President Hojjat al-Islam Hassan Rouhani’s remarks earlier on Sunday to a gathering of Iranian diplomats abroad, of the "dangers for the US in trying to play with the lion’s tail”, since "peace with Iran is the Mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars,” Trump made a mad rush to fall in the trap of his own making by tweeting:

"Never, ever threaten the United States again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.”

Boastful words indeed from a maniac aspiring be a modern Pharaoh, little knowing that his wealth and his weapons are useless the moment Divine Wrath strikes him for threatening a country whose laws are based on the commandments of God Almighty.

Trump’s self-defeatist threat, along with the statement of Rouhani, ought to be preserved as a reminder for posterity of how a deranged president of what used to be the United States of America did irreparable damage to his brain cells, and not just hastened towards his own doom but speeded up the process of the downfall of his country.

Anyone with an iota of commonsense could perceive that Rouhani’s remarks contained a gem of an advice to Trump that meant to say: treat your traumatic mind and salvage your country’s prestige, while it is still not too late, by giving up the senseless animosity towards Iran and the delusion of American hegemony in our region.

Trump, however, facing intense bipartisan criticism after his humiliation in Helsinki a week earlier at the summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and under relentless pressure from the official inquiry into the 2016 election campaign collusion with Russia, was obviously looking for what he deemed an easy target on which to vent his pent-up frustration, and without the least premeditation exposed the self-destructive thoughts that constantly flash across his disturbed mind.

He blundered for the umpteenth time, and thus proved the sagacity of the latest statement of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, of the futility of talks with the US, since the US cannot be trusted.

The Leader had told a gathering of foreign ministry staff and Iranian diplomats serving abroad on Saturday, July 21 in Tehran: "I have been reiterating this point for a long time that you cannot count on the words or even signatures of the Americans; therefore, negotiations with the US is useless.”
Of course, Trump is not more than a passing blip, and so is the team of thugs he has assembled in the White House, such as the gangster Mike Pompeo, the mustachioed bozo John Bolton and the hag Nikki Haley placed in the UN, but the civilized world, including Europe, ought to be on guard against the damage these crooks might do to world peace.

It is interesting to note that on 10th July in the Viewpoint Column of Kayhan International we had rightly said "The US State Department, which is presently looking more like headquarters of mafia dons”, under "Italian origin Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whose appearance and mannerism resemble those of an underworld character rather than a diplomat.”

The harebrained Pompeo, whose Roman ancestors had never succeeded in conquering Iran’s Parthian and Sassanid Empires in the 700 years of warfare in the Levant, Mesopotamia and Anatolia, unwittingly borrowed the word "mafia” from us and made a laughing stock of himself by using it against the government of the Islamic Republic – to vociferous boos from the gathering he was addressing in California which demanded that he give up the delusion of changing the system of government of Iran and instead explain his administration’s cruelty in separating aggrieved immigrant parents from their crying children.

In conclusion, it could be said that we are at a historical juncture of history, where the illegal Zionist entity and its Arab reactionary friends, shivering at the prospects of a strong Syria, having defeated the terrorists, thanks to timely help from the Islamic Republic of Iran, will sooner than later, in alliance with tens of thousands of popular mobilization Muslim forces, start the campaign to liberate the entire Golan Heights and possible freedom for Bayt al-Moqaddas.

Thus, in a desperate bid to avert the inevitable, the Zionist-Wahhabi duo, in a vain bid to prolong their precarious existence, are egging the blockhead Trump to browbeat Iran into submission – a suicidal step which Insha Allah (God Willing) result in the total defeat of the unholy trinity.

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Kayhan Int’l