US losing bases in region as a consequence of Islamic Awakening in Muslim countries: Iran Cmdr.

A top Iranian commander says the United States is losing its geopolitical bases in the region as a consequence of the wave of the Islamic Awakening in Muslim countries.

“The important event that has today impacted the atmosphere of the global and regional security as well as our national security is the rapid geopolitical developments, particularly in Muslim countries,” Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami said during a conference on “Sustainable Security” in the capital Tehran on Wednesday.

Referring to the wave of popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, he added that “These developments are upsetting the geopolitics in the world, an order which had been shaped by the Western powers.”

The Iranian commander went on to say that, “Today, the Zionist regime [of Israel] as a source of threat is [also] losing its geopolitical supporters in the region.”

Since January 2011, revolutions have swept through the Middle East and North Africa unseating dictators such as Tunisian Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Egyptian Hosni Mubarak, Yemeni Ali Abdullah Saleh and Libyan Muammar Gaddafi.

Despite violent crackdowns, countries such as Bahrain have also been engaged in massive near-daily demonstrations against their despotic US-backed rulers.

Protests have also spread to the US and Europe, where demonstrators are braving police brutality to participate in rallies against financial greed, corporatism and austerity cuts.