TEHRAN - The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hussein Salami says Iran has over the past decades eroded the power of the U.S. and turned it into a “small and weak” state.
Speaking in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, General Salami said that the United States’ situation today is not comparable with its condition two or three decades ago.
He also referred to the takeover of the U.S. embassy, better known as Den of Espionage, by a group of Iranian students in November 1979, saying it was beyond imagination.
“We eroded the U.S.’s power. The United States has become small and weak, and it has gradually lost its power because of the erosion caused by [ran’s Islamic Revolution,” he said.
Salami also noted that enemies have failed to isolate Iran through imposing economic sanctions on the country and stealing its oil tankers as Iran has taken retaliatory measures.
“They seized our ships in Gibraltar; We confiscated their ships here and made them regret what they had done,” he said. “The embargo