First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Dmitry Novikov in an interview with RT praised the statement by US President Donald Trump that Washington would respond to Tehran with a “quick and very strong blow” in the event of an attack on Americans or American property.
“Firstly, the current Washington administration is on the path to escalating the situation around Iran. Everything that we observe in the last days is proof of this. Secondly, Iran will have to find ways to respond, because the US is trying to reduce the whole conversation to the position of Iran, which announced that it would not ignore the assassination of its general, ”he said.
The deputy noted that the United States is trying to present this murder as its “great achievement in the fight against opponents of the United States.”
“But all conceivable and inconceivable rules of conduct in the international arena are violated, when a UN member state is subjected to such brutal interference on its part by another state and one of the key figures of Iranian politics is physically eliminated … This, of course, is in addition to those already sent to the archive international treaties that have created a collective security system is becoming another source of destabilization of the international situation, ”he concluded.
On January 3, the Pentagon confirmed that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Kassem Suleimani was killed during an operation by the US Armed Forces.
In this regard, the Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei threatened to avenge the murder of the military leader.
In turn, Trump said that Washington will respond to Tehran with a “quick and very strong blow” in the event of an attack on Americans or American property.