{"id":7195,"date":"2017-03-12T17:15:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T22:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=7195"},"modified":"2017-03-12T17:15:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T22:15:54","slug":"toronto-sun-rouhanis-minister-further-demonstrates-tehrans-hostile-attitude-and-intentionsvideo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/7195\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Sun: Rouhani’s Minister further demonstrates Tehran\u2019s hostile attitude and intentions+video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan gives a speech at the 5th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) in Moscow on April 27, 2016.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By CANDICE MALCOLM, Toronto Sun,\u00a0 MARCH 10, 2017<\/strong> <\/span>– The war of words coming out of the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to intensify.<\/p>\n

New video footage of Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan <\/a> further demonstrates Iran\u2019s hostile attitude and intentions towards America and its allies.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Iran\u2019s state-broadcaster, the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, Dehghan discusses his government\u2019s strategy when it comes to dealing with its \u201cenemies\u201d in the West.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the main threat is from the arrogant regime, America, and the Zionists,\u201d said Dehghan in the February 7, 2017 interview. The clip was posted and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute TV Monitor Project, also known as MEMRI TV.<\/p>\n

The Iranian defence minister goes on to explain exactly how Iran plans to strategically \u201cfight such a threat\u201d and gain \u201cthe upper hand in the battle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be a situation of asymmetric warfare,\u201d said Dehghan. \u201cWe need to have sufficient power to surprise the enemy. In other words, we need to hit the enemy where it hurts the most.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike traditional wars fought between national armies, asymmetric warfare describes a terrorist insurgency \u2013 much like the terrorist armies waging war throughout the Middle East. These insurgencies often target civilians, and use unconventional weapons and tactics to destabilize a society.<\/p>\n

The 9\/11 terrorist attacks were an example of asymmetric warfare.<\/p>\n

These alarming comments are particularly distressing considering news reported earlier this week in the Sun of a video showing a high-ranking Iranian military official claiming that Iran had a \u201cclandestine movement\u201d operating in the United States.<\/p>\n

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Hassan Abbasi, a strategist and military advisor with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claimed Iran no longer needed to develop a nuclear weapons program because, as he said, America\u2019s \u201c6,000 nuclear warheads are (the) targets of our plans for our guerilla movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

America\u2019s nuclear facilities would certainly be an example of hitting \u201cthe enemy where it hurts the most,\u201d as Dehghan put it.<\/p>\n

As has been the case for years, Iran\u2019s government officials openly and transparently state their hateful intentions. They continue to tell us that they want to wage war against the West. They even explain their tactics and strategy.<\/p>\n

And yet, many in the West are willing to naively turn a blind eye to such belligerence.<\/p>\n

The CBC, for example, recently sent reporters to Iran and published an article that encourages Canadian investors to do business with Iran. The article described how a Chinese-state owned enterprise invested in the Iranian state-owned oil industry, and how it was a \u201cmodel of international cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadian officials are now in official talks with the theocratic dictatorship, working to find common ground. Meanwhile, Iran continues its aggression.<\/p>\n

Last March, it test-launched two ballistic missiles, one with the inscription \u201cIsrael must be wiped out\u201d written in Hebrew. Since that time, Iran has tested two more sophisticated missiles capable of reaching Israel.<\/p>\n

And now we have video footage of two senior members of the Iranian regime describing, in some detail, how they intend to lead and sponsor terrorist attacks in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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