translated from Spanish: Iran warned U.S. of “a new Vietnam” if it doesn’t pull its troops out of the region

Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned the United States on Sunday that he will face “a new Vietnam” if he does not withdraw his forces from the Middle East region.Velayati has further highlighted that the ge Qasem Soleimani, killed Friday in a U.S. bombing in Baghdad, was the “axis of resistance” in Yemen, Iraq and Syria and has attributed the liberation of Baghdad from Islamic State and Damascus from Salafist groups. “I had a very close relationship with the Russian president,” he said. He has also called the U.S. decision to attack him “stupid.” “The Americans made a stupid decision and murdered him. They must leave the region,” he said. Also Iranian Army chief General Abdolrahim Musavi has referred to Donald Trump’s warnings announcing attacks on 52 Iranian targets if Tehran attacks U.S. interests in the area in retaliation for soleimani’s murder . Musavi thus believes it is “highly unlikely” that the United States “dares” a direct confrontation with Iran.One of Khamenei’s military advisers, General Hosein Dehqan, has on Sunday nuanced statements to CNN that any response “will be military and counter military locations” “Our leaders have officially announced that we have never sought war and will not seek it,” he said. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Musavi also appeared on Sunday, who explained that a decision will be made tonight on Iran’s decoupling process from the nuclear deal and warned that the death of Soleiman has affected this decision. The Comprehensive Joint Action Plan (PIAC) suffered a serious setback a year ago with the US withdrawal and since then Iran has been calling on the other signatories, mainly the EU, to compensate for the sanctions imposed by Washington.The Comprehensive Plan of Action (PIAC), signed in July 2015 between Iran and the so-called 5+1 Group – composed of the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany – stipulated a number of restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for which the Islamic Republic would reintegrate into international markets by lifting the sanctions on it at the time. However, US President Donald Trump decided to unilaterally disassociate himself from the deal and reimpose sanctions suspended by his predecessor, Barack Obama. In response, Iran has announced that every 60 days it will disassociate itself from one of its commitments contained in the PIAC. To date, Iran has completed four phases of this disengagement.

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