Commander of Iran’s Basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi (Fars News Agency)
Jerusalem Post: Senior Iranian military official: The US is subordinate to Iran in the Middle East
Naqdi claimed that Iran under the Shah's rule was subordinate to the American administration, while today the United States subordinates to Iran's dominance in the Middle East.
The commander of the Basij paramilitary force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, vowed that Tehran “will not make any compromises with our enemies in the Middle East."
Speaking in a press conference in honor of the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution, Naqdi emphasized that "the hundreds of Revolutionary Guards generals fighting in Syria will never repeat the mistake of the Shi’ite Caliph Hassan bin Ali who surrendered leadership of the Muslim world to Muawiyyah bin Abi Sufyan."
Naqdi added that "it is impossible to compare Iran to Iran under the Shah's rule, since back then, Iran was subordinate to the American administration, while today, the United States subordinates to Iran's dominance in the Middle East and it cannot act in the region without getting the approval of the Supreme Leader of Iran."
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WNU Editor: Mohammad Reza Naqdi is one of the more hard core commanders in Iran .... but what perturbs me is that I cannot help but wonder if he may be right.