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'US and Israel are common enemies of the Muslim world,' says Iranian commander

Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander, Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, calls for Muslim solidarity to thwart "enemy conspiracies." Meanwhile, amid ongoing civil strife across Iran, authorities reportedly start restoring internet services. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls on Iranians to send the US videos "documenting the regime's crackdown on protestors."

by  Dean Shmuel Elmas , News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  11-22-2019 08:20
Last modified: 11-22-2019 08:47
'US and Israel are common enemies of the Muslim world,' says Iranian commanderAP

Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami | Photo: AP

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"America and Israel are common enemies of the Muslim world," the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, said Thursday during a meeting with the chief of staff of Pakistan's military, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Amid ongoing civil unrest across Iran, Salami also called for Muslim solidarity to thwart "enemy conspiracies" and said he appreciated Pakistan for its valuable efforts for de-escalation in the region.

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Bajwa also met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian army chief Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Baqeri and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani.

During his meeting with Rouhani, Bajwa stated that Pakistan was prepared to strengthen bilateral relations between the countries.

Iran, meanwhile, began restoring internet access in the capital Tehran and a number of provinces on Thursday, local news agencies and residents said, after a five-day-long nationwide shutdown meant to help stifle the protests against fuel price hikes.

The IRGC said calm had returned across Iran, Iran's state TV reported. Amnesty International said over 100 demonstrators had been killed by security forces, a figure rejected as "speculative" by the government.

"The internet is being gradually restored in the country," the semi-official news agency Fars said, quoting unidentified informed sources.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo early Friday called on Iranians to send the US videos "documenting the regime's crackdown on protestors."

He wrote in a tweet: "The US will expose and sanction the abuses."

Fars quoted the sources as saying the National Security Council that had ordered the shutdown approved reactivating the internet in "some areas and, according to reports so far, fixed-line internet has been restored in Hormozgan, Kermanshah, Arak, Mashhad, Qom, Tabriz, Hamadan and Bushehr provinces, and parts of Tehran."

"We again have internet as of an hour ago," a retired engineer, who declined to be named, said by telephone from Tehran.

The internet blockage made it difficult for protesters to post videos on social media to generate support and also to obtain reliable reports on the extent of the unrest.

Internet blockage observatory NetBlocks said the restoration of connectivity in Iran covered only about 10% of Iran.

News agencies and residents said only fixed-line internet, not mobile internet, was partially restored.

Protests began on Nov. 15 in several provincial towns after the government announced gasoline price hikes of at least 50%. They spread to 100 cities and towns and quickly turned political with protesters demanding top officials step down.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized Iran for blocking the internet.

"Iran has become so unstable that the regime has shut down their entire Internet System so that the Great Iranian people cannot talk about the tremendous violence taking place within the country," Trump tweeted.

"They want ZERO transparency, thinking the world will not find out the death and tragedy that the Iranian Regime is causing!" he added.

The International Monetary Fund said it regretted the violence and loss of life during the protests and had not discussed the gasoline price hike with Iran.

IMF spokeswoman Camilla Andersen added: "In general, the IMF continues to advise oil-producing countries in the Middle East and Central Asia region to reduce fuel subsidies ... while compensating the poor with targeted cash transfers, which we understand is the approach Iran has taken."

On Thursday, state TV showed thousands marching in pro-government rallies in a dozen cities, carrying national flags and signs with slogans including "Rioting is not protesting."

Amnesty International said it had documented at least 106 protesters killed by security forces, which would make it the worst street unrest in Iran in at least a decade and possibly since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran's UN mission on Wednesday dismissed the casualty report as "speculative, not reliable."

Iranian authorities said several people, including members of the security forces and policemen, were killed in street violence, which Tehran blamed on "foreign foes."

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