Iranian General says West in coma

A top official with Iran’s armed forces says the concerted US-led efforts to rally support against Iran would only strengthen the will of the Iranian nation.

“The US-led campaign against Iran in Europe and the region will only make the Iranian nation and scientists more determined,” Deputy Head of Iran’s Armed Forces Headquarters Brigadier-General Seyyed Massoud Jazayeri said on Wednesday.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to the Persian Gulf region to gather the support of regional countries including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, against Iran.

General Jazayeri pointed out that the enemy had been shocked by the mass rallies marking the 31st anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution.

“The world’s freedom-loving countries will definitely follow the Iranian nation in this regard,” he went on to say.

Meanwhile, General Jazayeri said the West had failed in its plan to sway public opinion over Iran’s nuclear program.

“The West has gone into a coma after mounting a propaganda campaign to sway the public opinion over Iran’s nuclear issue,” he added.

“Undoubtedly, it is not easy to take the people’s minds off the mass rallies marking the 31st anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution,” he asserted. “We cannot ignore the event’s effects on international equations.”

Millions of Iranians took to the streets across the country on Thursday to celebrate the victory of the 1979 Revolution, which overthrew the US-backed Pahlavi regime.

The US has been lobbying for a fourth round of UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against Iran, a demand which has not received a warm welcome by China, a veto-wielding member of the UNSC, so far.

Iran, a signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), says its nuclear work is completely peaceful and within the framework of the NPT.

Tehran has repeatedly assured its neighbors in particular Persian Gulf littoral states that its nuclear work is peaceful and poses no threat.

After years of extensive inspections, the UN nuclear agency has not found any evidence that can be used to support US claims against Iran.