{"id":255414,"date":"2022-02-08T12:29:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T17:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=255414"},"modified":"2023-02-03T19:50:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T18:50:23","slug":"iran-armed-forces-chief-of-staff-if-sanctions-are-lifted-well-be-one-of-the-worlds-largest-arms-exporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-armed-forces-chief-of-staff-if-sanctions-are-lifted-well-be-one-of-the-worlds-largest-arms-exporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Armed Forces Chief of Staff: If Sanctions Are Lifted We\u2019ll Be One of the World\u2019s Largest Arms Exporters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Iranian regime\u2019s armed forces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Iranian regime will be one of the world’s largest arms exporters if US sanctions are lifted, said Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri<\/a>, Chief of Staff of the Iranian regime\u2019s armed forces, on Monday, according to the regime\u2019s semi-official Tasnim news agency<\/a>, an outlet linked to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force.<\/p>\n

“If the criminal US sanctions are lifted, we will become one of the world’s largest arms exporters,” Bagheri said, stressing that the regime needs to import certain equipment from other countries.<\/p>\n

“In the field of self-reliance, self-confidence, and self-sufficiency, we are more than self-sufficient in weapons and equipment, in designing strategies and policies, in operational planning and tactics, and in what we must do in the defense and security of the country. Possibly aside from the world\u2019s three main superpowers, even the Europeans are not self-reliant in this regard,” Bagheri claimed.<\/p>\n

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Mohammad Mohaddessin<\/a>, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>), reminded that sanctions relief for the Iranian regime is tantamount to Tehran providing weapons to the Hezbollah and other terrorist proxy groups in the Middle East, further adding to warmongering, killings, and insecurity across the region.<\/p>\n

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Regime Armed Forces chief of staff Bagheri: \u201cIf sanctions are lifted, we\u2019ll be one of biggest arms exporters.\u201d They\u2019ll send weapons\/explosives to Hezbollah, Iraqi terror groups & Houthis in Yemen. Lifting sanctions will intensify regional conflict, killing, & insecurity. #Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mohammad Mohaddessin (@Mohaddessin) February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n