By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer

 

“Soon We shall show them Our signs in the horizons and in their own souls until it becomes clear to them that He is the Real. Is it not sufficient that your Lord is Witness to all things?” (Holy Qur’an 41:53)

These days, when the US, the Zionists and their agents in our midst are dreaming of inflicting harm upon Iran through some stealth or undetected attack, they need to be reminded about the miracle that in the sands of Tabas in 1980 that aborted a well-planned invasion of the newly founded Islamic Republic.

Today, the 24th of April is the 44th anniversary of that memorable day when God Almighty showed a glimpse of His signs when He decreed particles of sand to rise as high as 10,000 feet in the air in the form of a dense white cloud, swirling, whirling, and twirling around an airborne US invasion force which had stealthily descended upon a remote strip in the Iranian desert near Tabas in the dead of night for a surprise assault on Tehran, where with the help of turncoat Iranians, they would kill senior revolutionary leaders, overthrow the Islamic Republic, and free the 52 American spies detained by students following the path of Imam Khomeini (RA).  

The next morning, as an unaware Iranian nation woke up, it was a pleasant surprise to learn of the miracle in Tabas had forced America’s elite force, to flee Iran with the remnants of copters and planes, leaving behind the charred bodies of several dead soldiers, and wreckage of seven helicopters and a C-130 Hercules aircraft, that had crashed into each other, thanks to the sandstorm.

Officials and the general public prostrated to God Almighty in thanksgiving for saving the Islamic Republic from an elaborately hatched plot of the Great Satan which was in contact with anti-revolutionaries in government circles and had made sure that Delta Force would undergo intense training in similar conditions in the US, Egypt and Oman, for the precisely planned Operation Eagle Claw. 

“They planned and God planned, and certainly God is the Best of planners.” (Holy Qur’an 3:54)

Without the least doubt the adherence of the Iranian Muslims to the Holy Qur’an, to the Shari’ah of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), and to the teachings of his Immaculate Ahl al-Bayt in establishing the Islamic government, coupled with their principled policy of supporting the world’s oppressed, including the long-persecuted Palestinian Muslims, continues to inspire them to decisively confront the devilish plots of the enemies of humanity,

This is the secret to the Iranian nation’s rubbing of the nose of the arrogantly ignorant US time and again in the dust. 

This became clear once again when Iran, alone among 57 Muslim countries, decided to teach an unforgettable military lesson to the illegal Zionist entity by shattering its so-called iron dome through a barrage of missiles in the early hours of April 14 in vengeance for Israel’s cowardly air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus that martyred several Iranian citizens. 

“Operation True Promise”, if it has confused the evil minds in Washington and Tel Aviv, it continues to be hailed throughout the free world.

The people of Gaza, who over the past 200 days have offered over 34,000 martyrs and refuse to surrender to the bestial Zionists, have, along with the people of the West Bank, cheered Iran’s barrage of missiles on Occupied Palestine with hope renewed for the eventual defeat of usurper Israel. 

The questions that arise are: “Have Washington and its comrades-in-crimes learned from their mistakes? Can Iran ever trust them?       The answers are a big NO.

The hyenas cannot change their stripes. By nature they are scavengers, devoid of any courage and integrity. It means the moment Iran drops guard, the rapacious beasts would attack.

This is clear by the American behaviour in arming to the hilt the dastardly Zionist entity through supply of billions of dollars of armaments. 

US lawlessness, which is clearly evident in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and other parts of West Asia, warrants the Islamic Republic to spare no efforts in strengthening its defences, including the range and precision of its missiles, with complete trust in God Almighty since He never lets down a grateful Shari’ah-abiding nation

“What! Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the hordes of the Elephant? Did he not cause their stratagems to go awry? And send against them flocks of birds; pelting them with stones of shale. Thus making them like chewed-up straw? (Holy Qur’an 105)

No wonder, the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (RA), had said with full confidence in Divine help: The US cannot do a damn thing – neither can the Zionist entity nor the treasonous rulers in our neighbourhood!