Xinhua News Agency, Tehran, January 3rd Correspondence: On the anniversary of Soleimani’s death, Iranians look forward to peace
Xinhua News Agency reporter Xia Chen
At the beginning of the new year, on the streets of Tehran, the capital of Iran, the shadow of the late Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard General Soleimani can be seen everywhere. Every two to three hundred meters on both sides of the street, images of him on various occasions are hung on both sides of the street; his avatar is pasted on the front window glass of the bus; in the Tadirish Square in the north of Tehran, the roadside audio equipment also plays With a memorial song.
Soleimani’s death in the attack was a shocking incident, said Iranian journalist Said. In the past two days, he has been running around shooting the anniversary of Soleimani’s death.
On January 3, 2020, the United States launched an attack in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, killing Soleimani, the commander of the “Quds Brigade” under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran and others. Said told reporters that at the commemoration held in the capital on New Year’s Day in 2021, Revolutionary Guard generals and officers from Iraq and other countries who had fought alongside Soleimani were all present. On the 2nd, in the hometown of Soleimani and the southeastern city of Kerman, hundreds of local people participated in the memorial activities.
Farhad, a friend of Said’s side, picked up the latest Tehran Times. On the front page of the hand-painted color picture, Soleimani was smiling and squatting in the center of the screen with his arms wide open. A boy prepared to help him. Mohandis, the deputy commander of the “People’s Mobilization Organization”, an Iraqi Shiite militia armed with Soleimani, who died in the attack, stood beside him.
Said, who had just gotten a respite from his busy schedule, looked back on the past year with emotion. “This year, one by one shocking incidents followed. Soleimani was attacked and killed; a passenger plane of Uzbekistan was shot down by the Iranian military due to’human error’ unintentionally; nuclear physicists law The assassination of Khrizard… coupled with the new crown epidemic and the new series of sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran in 2018, people’s lives have become worse.”
Farhard also recalled fragments of events in 2020. He said that after the Uzbekistan airliner incident, many people couldn’t believe the military did it. In many people’s eyes, it is precisely because the United States has long “extremely pressured” Iran that the Iranian military has been in a state of tension, which ultimately led to the disaster.
The United States has recently conducted some military activities in the surrounding areas of Iran. In response, the commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hussein Salami said that the Revolutionary Guard Corps has been equipped with advanced equipment such as smart mines and a new generation of drones, which would threaten national security Perform a “decisive and powerful blow” with actions of interest.
Iran’s First Vice President Jahangiri and Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif said in their New Year speeches that the new crown epidemic and brutal sanctions have severely affected the lives of the Iranian people. They hope that 2021 will be a year full of peace, health and prosperity.
“We, like people in all countries in the world, long for peace and tranquility and look forward to returning to normal life as soon as possible,” Said said. (Participating reporters: Javad, Ahmed)
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