The message of this great military exercise for [U.S.-led forces in Iraq and Afghanistan”> is for them not to meddle in Irans internal affairs, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said on state television.
The powerful military chief warned the intelligence agencies of the United States not to create insecurity in [the Iranian province of”> Khuzestan and endanger security in the region.
Safavi said the United States had to accept Iran as a great regional power and added that threats against Tehran would be of no use to the U.S. or Europe.
The general accused the occupiers of Iraq and Afghanistan of endangering regional security.
He warned the United States and Britain not to hatch plots for the region.
We have intelligence that America and the countries occupying Iraq are trying to tarnish the image of Iran. They are giving the Iraqi people bad cement and expired medicines pretending they came from Iran in a bid to tarnish the image of our country in the eyes of Iraqis, Safavi said.
The IRGC chief described the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq and the Gulf states as a threat to the Islamic Republic. He called on European nations not to tie their economic and political future to that of the U.S.
The Americans have only given a trifle of their gains in Iraq to the British, he said.
