Pezeshkian: Today we shoulder flag of free people in world / president-elect meets with IRGC commanders

Pars Today - Iran's president-elect, after meeting with the commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, wrote in a tweet, "The flag of the free in the world is today on our shoulders."

Major General Hossein Salami, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Hojjat-ol-Islam Abdollah Haji Sadeqi, Leader's Representative in IRGC, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpoor, Commander of IRGC Ground Force, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, Commander of IRGC Qods Force, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of IRGC Airspace Force, Brigadier General Alireza Tangsiri, Commander of IRGC Navy, Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani, Commander of Basij Organization, and the heads of IRGC intelligence organization and IRGC Intelligence Protection met and conferred with the Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian. According to Pars Today, during the meeting, the blessed flag of the holy shrine of Imam Hossein (Peace upon him) was donated to Pezeshkian.

Pezeshkian, after the meeting, wrote on X social network, "In today's meeting with my dear brothers in the IRGC, I received the blessed flag of the holy shrine of the Master of martyrs (Peace upon him). The flag of the free is on our shoulders, today. To remain the bearer of this flag requires justice-seeking, loyalty, self-sacrifice and propriety like Hazrat Abbas (Peace upon him).

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is a military institution which was established on April 22, 1979 upon the order of the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (God's mercy upon him) to safeguard the Islamic Revolution of Iran and its achievements.

The IRGC was expanded on September 17, 1985 to three ground, air and navy forces. Then in 1990, upon the order of Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, two forces, namely Qods force and Basij resistance force, were added to the IRGC. IRGC, in addition to military fields, is seriously active in other fields like intelligence, construction, urbanization and culture.

Fighting DAESH and annihilation of the self-styled state of this terrorist outfit was only one among thousands of honorable successes of the IRGC which was accomplished by the Qods Force of the IRGC. The US regime, in a statement on April 8, 2019, officially announced the IRGC, especially the Qods Force, as a terrorist group. The Iranian Supreme National Security Council, in retaliation, announced the United States regime as a "government supporting terrorism" and the US Central Command in West Asia (CENTCOM) as a "terrorist group".

The great missile attack on the American base Ain al-Asad in 2019 and the compound missile-drone attack on the Zionist regime bases in 2024 were the most famous and honorable operations of IRGC.

Due to the anti-colonialist and the endeavor to free the West Asian region from terrorist grouplets which are clients of the West, especially the US, the IRGC has gained high popularity across the world, particularly among the oppressed, freedom-seeking and justice-seeking people.

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