Elias Hazrati, head of the Information Council in President Pezeshkian\u2019s administration, made a striking statement regarding the killing of General Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAmerica assassinated Qassem Soleimani,\u201d he said, \u201cand we should have executed all American leaders in response. Haj Qasem\u2019s worth far exceeded such a loss.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He went on to explain that Iran\u2019s strategic posture at the time was not geared toward war:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe chose restraint. They martyred our guest, Ismail Haniyeh, and once again, we responded with patience and silence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hazrati emphasized that even now, Iran\u2019s approach remains non-confrontational:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur strategy is still not war. The enemy launched an attack in the midst of negotiations, while we were fully committed to the diplomatic process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He concluded by accusing the United States of attempting to destabilize Iran:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey acted with the intent of regime change, targeting political leaders, fortunately without success. They struck military figures and deployed forces near our borders. Their goal was to spark unrest, provoke anger and violence, and ultimately dismantle the system from within.\u201d<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elias Hazrati, head of the Information Council in President Pezeshkian\u2019s administration, made a striking statement regarding the killing of General Qassem Soleimani. \u201cAmerica assassinated Qassem Soleimani,\u201d he said, \u201cand we should have executed all American leaders in response. Haj Qasem\u2019s worth far exceeded such a loss.\u201d He went on to explain that Iran\u2019s strategic posture […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":1691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraniancongress.news\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}