MNA � Iran�s Armed forces spokesman said Mon. that it would have been more surprising if the US had not imposed sanctions on Iraq�s al-Nujaba Movement, since US targets strength and ignores weak points.


Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri made the remarks in reaction to a new US Congress bill which imposes sanctions on Iraq�s al-Nujaba Movement, a major Shia resistance group part of the Popular Mobilization Forces�(PMF), adding �the use of sanctions regime is not from a place of power, but rather a reaction to the emergence of new power.�

�The al-Nujaba Movement would not have been sanctioned if they did not have any strong points,� he added.

He noted that a major part of US' sanctions on Iran in the past four decades was imposed on the country�s Armed Forces; �our defense capabilities would have not been in such a good condition today if not for those sanctions and pressures,� he added.

Jazayeri deemed it natural that the global Arrogance and international Zionism would oppose any resistance movements, such as al-Nujaba, stressing that the formation of any groups in the region would be considered as a hurdle to the advancement of Americans and Zionists in the Middle East.

�The future belongs to the Islamic movement of Nujaba and other similar groups,� Jazayeri stressed. �The influence of the US and the Zionists in the region is dwindling fast, leaving the future to us to build.�