US in tatters from within, isolated overseas: IRGC chief

The United States has fallen apart from within while becoming increasingly isolated on the outside, says the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

According to Press TV, Major General Hossein Salami was speaking on the sidelines of an event held in the capital Tehran to honor one million veterans of the country’s 1980-88 Holy Defense against the invasion led by former Iraqi dictator Saddam.

“The United States has fallen to pieces from within and is becoming increasingly isolated on the outside,” Salami said.

“The dignified Iranian nation should not have any worries, and must live in tranquility,” he added.

The IRGC chief said, “The United States has lost its own symbols and even the people of the country are now saying ‘death to the United States,’ knocking down symbolic statues and burning the American flag.”

The United States has been the scene of widespread demonstrations in condemnation of police violence and racial injustice against people of color since the brutal murder of African American George Floyd in late May, when a white police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The killing has revived the debate about race relations in America and prompted minority groups across the country to vent their long-felt indignation about systemic racism, also breathing new life into the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.

In some American cities, protesters have pulled down or defaced statues and monuments of historical figures, such as the Confederate leaders, who backed slavery.

Salami's new assertions came after earlier on Saturday, he took part in a live televised interview warning that any act of aggression by the US against Tehran would pan out in a different manner than that of any other war the United States has fought.

Salami said the US lacks the determination and ability to engage in a military confrontation with Iran. “Tehran does not want war but is not afraid of it either.”

Referring to the martyrdom of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the IRGC chief said the incident not only failed to weaken the resistance front in the region, but only strengthened it.

General Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC, was assassinated in a terrorist US airstrike at Baghdad airport on January 3, along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), and a number of their companions.

Both commanders were highly revered because of the key role they played in eliminating the US-sponsored Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the region, particularly in Iraq and Syria.

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