Alwaght- Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s Quds Force has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic's full support for Palestinian resistance movements.
Major General Qassem Soleimani made the remarks in a phone call on Monday with commanders of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement and Hamas' military wing, Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, which has been defending the blockaded Gaza Strip against Israel's acts of aggression.
The senior IRGC commander also urged all resistance movements in the region to boost their readiness to defend the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Soleimani’s comments came amid simmering tensions in the occupied territories of Palestine following a decision by US President Donald Trump to formally recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of the Israeli regime.
Trump on Wednesday defied global warnings and said Washington formally recognized al-Quds as the capital of Israel and would begin the process of moving its embassy to the occupied city, breaking with decades of American policy.
Major Intifada
Meanwhile, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said the US decision on al-Quds would spark off a major intifada and result in auspicious events.
Addressing a conference in Tehran on Monday, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri described the US president’s move to declare Quds capital of the Israeli regime as the factor triggering a big intifada (uprising) in Palestine.
“This wrong decision (by US President Donald Trump) will initiate auspicious events,” the Iranian general added.
Condemning the Zionist regime of Israel for its policy of aggression and killing children during its short life, the top general said even Washington’s allies cannot accept such a controversial decision about the city of al-Quds.
Pointing to the Zionist regime’s humiliating defeats in the 22-Day and 33-Day wars, Major General Baqeri said Israel suffered defeats from guerilla groups in the region, not even from regional powers.
On Israel’s support for terrorist groups in the region, the commander said the ISIS terrorist group is currently holding only a small area with the help of Israel, saying that zone will also come under attack and recaptured at an appropriate time.
The Zionist regime of Israel is the root cause of regional problems and the Muslim people of the region cannot tolerate such a “cancerous tumor,” he concluded.
