General Bagheri’s sarcastic remark to the European Union: Seize all my assets and spend it on buying coal.
General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, issued a message in response to the European Union sanctions, stating: The European Union added my name to its sanctions list four days ago due to what it called the sending of drones from Iran to Russia. Previously, on November 4, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department made a similar mistake by including my name in its sanctions list.
The anger of the U.S. and its follower, the European Union, is understandable. From the beginning of the Islamic Revolution’s victory, they have put the armed forces of the Islamic Republic on the sanctions list, but our armed forces have turned this threat into an opportunity.
If there was a time when they even withheld barbed wire from our fighters, today they line up to buy precision missiles and Iranian drones. In reality, it is these Europeans who, by following the dead-end path of their master, the U.S., have become self-sanctioned from the truth.
We have a proverb in Persian that says ‘The blind leading the blind,’ or as the English say, ‘The blind leading the blind.’ But I have a humanitarian proposal for the European Union. From today, I authorize them to, in executing the sanctions they have prepared, identify and seize all assets and properties of Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri in banks around the world and spend it on buying coal for European citizens. A harsh winter is coming.