TEHRAN – Former IRGC commander has said that “Iran has no strategic allies in the region save for Syria and Turkey which are to some extent close to us but they are not considered as Iran’s allies in real terms.”

Today Iran’s enemies atop of them the U.S., Britain and the Zionist regime are working together with the aim of harming Iran’s interests, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi told the Mehr News Agency in an exclusive interview with the Mehr News Agency published on Wednesday.
“On one hand the U.S. is responsible for imposing political and economic pressure against Iran by means of the United Nations Security Council sanctions.
“By that policy they are trying to compel European and Arab states to distance themselves from Iran,” he commented.
He added, “The role of Britain, on the other hand, is to sow schism, discord, and (spread) pessimism among the people and the state officials.”
In addition to driving a wedge between the public and the system, Britain is seeking to disrespect Islamic values, Islamic figures, and religious authorities one example of which was the defacing of the picture of Imam Khomeini in December 2009, the military advisor to the Supreme Leader stated.
Against the above backdrop “we shouldn’t blame foreign countries for all the problems we are facing today,” as there are some self-centered officials in the system who are only after greater power, thus their actions are not to the interest of the country, he explained.
Foreign enemies, the U.S. and Britain have come to the conclusion that in order to harm the Islamic Revolution they should target the leadership and the IRGC at the same time, Safavi noted