Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said in a message addressed to the sailors of the U.S. warship USS Tripoli that they are “mere extras” in a cinematic show staged for Trump’s upcoming presidential election.
He added that “your president was not able to save American forces in the previous war,” noting that “you have now been assigned to protect the ‘boxes of money’ in our region, but your fate will be to end up in a slaughterhouse.”
Velayati stressed that “history is a good teacher, and the legend of ‘Tripoli’ will not be repeated in the Gulf; rather, it will turn into a nightmare that undermines your security.”
