Enemies seeking to compensate for failures by banning IRGC: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that enemies of Iran are after compensating for failures by designating IRGC as a terrorist organization.
He made the remarks while addressing a ceremony in Tehran to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the National Day of Nuclear Technology.
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He appreciated the efforts of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps for safeguarding the interests of the country.
“IRGC has uprooted terrorism in Iran,” he said, adding that it was one of the first forces to help the regional countries in their campaign against terrorism.
The remarks came as US administration designated IRGC as a terrorist organization on Monday.
Rouhani went on address Washington, saying "you will not be able to hamper Iranian nation’s scientific progress," adding that in the past, enemies were afraid of Iran’s IR-1 centrifuges but today Iran has succeeded to inaugurate IR-6 ones which proves US failure in hatching its plots against the Islamic Republic.
Iran has gained access to missiles beyond enemies' imagination, he stressed.
US has made a big mistake by putting IRGC on its terror list and has sacrificed the interests of American people and others across the world for the interests of a host of Zionists, he added.
On the reason behind the formation of the IRGC, he said, “after the victory of the glorious revolution in Iran, many enemies in the region and the world wanted our revolution not to last more than a few weeks and months, so they hatched plots against us, one of which was forming a campaign of terror against the Iranian nation.”
“The enemies of the Revolution formed and trained terrorist groups and sponsored them to kill our people and officials, so that Iran would return to the days when it was under the American domination,” the official website of Iranian Presidency quoted him as saying.
“At that time, we needed a pious, devoted corps to stand against the US and guarantee peace and security for Iran," hence the need for the formation of the IRGC.
He then referred to the 8-year Imposed War with Iraq, adding, “the day our enemies waged the war against us, announcing that they would have an interview in Iran the next week, all forces, at the top of them the IRGC, stood against the enemies that were armed to the teeth.”
The Iranian nation and the IRGC rushed to the help of Iraq and the Iraqi nation the night when Erbil and Sulaymaniyah were falling to the ISIL terrorist group, he said.