By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer

     

The more the US has tried to isolate Iran ever since the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the more the prestige and power of Tehran has grown in the region and all over the world during the past 45 years.

Washington’s sanctions have only spurred the Islamic Republic to break new grounds in trade, industry, culture, art, architecture, science, technology, defence, diplomacy, and etc., to the extent that Iran is the paramount power in West Asia without the least need for the US and Western Europe, or for that matter for any other so-called big power.

This was fully evident during the Iranian president’s two-leg visit to Pakistan and Sri Lanka where Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Ibrahim Raisi was warmly greeted by both the governments and the people of the said countries.

While officials in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, and Colombo, held important talks with their host, signed vital cooperation agreements, and inaugurated crucial projects, the masses in the above mentioned cities lined the streets hailing his visit and praising Iran for its practical support for the persecuted Palestine people.

Tehran and Islamabad also discussed plans to link Pakistan with Iran’s natural gas pipelined that has already reached the common border and will definitely be an economic bonanza for our eastern neighbour, which has at last summoned up the courage to dismiss US pressures in this regard.

The US is indeed the super terrorist, as is evident by its directing of the Gaza genocide, and almost daily slaughter of the defenceless civilians, but it cannot terrorize into submission nations determined to defeat its threats.

The vociferous shouts of “Death to the US” and “Death to Israel” that echoed throughout Pakistan is ample proof of the isolation of Washington.

In Sri Lanka, President Raisi inaugurated the prestigious hydroelectric project in Badulla, located some 230 kilometers to the east of Colombo.

The Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project, which is worth over $500 million, has been largely designed and built by Iranian experts to help Sri Lanka overcome its electricity and irrigation problems.  

President Ranil Wickremesinge for his part welcomed Iran’s offer to supply technical and engineering services to Sri Lanka to help the country boost its economic and industrial infrastructure.

The two countries on Wednesday signed 5 agreements of cooperation in various fields.

Multibillion dollar trade exchanges have been envisaged between Iran and the two countries that the President visited over the past three days, thus signifying the popularity of Iran, the diplomacy of its leaders, the quality of its products, and the expertise of its engineers and scientists, whose ingenuity is far superior to what the US and Western Europe can offer.