America and Israel are really ruthless! This is truly eliminating the root cause. Iran's former president, Khatami, was also assassinated. Speaking of Khatami, America and Israel have had a deep hatred for him. During his term from 2005 to 2013, Khatami carried out a series of landmark anti-American actions. First, Khatami dared to confront the United States with maximum pressure, refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, moving nuclear activities from underground to open, causing great headaches for the US.
Second, Khatami repeatedly criticized the United States at the United Nations General Assembly, calling it "a modern war monger." In 2005, at the "World Against Zionism" conference, he declared that he would "erase Israel from the map." Third, with Khatami's full support, Iran built an arc of resistance, providing funding, weapons, and training to the Lebanese Hezbollah, Palestinian Hamas, and Islamic Jihad organizations.
Fourth, he entered the "backyard" of the United States. In 2012, Khatami made a high-profile visit to Latin American anti-American countries such as Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, and joined forces with Chávez to form an "anti-imperialist alliance," shouting "Down with American imperialism." Obviously, in the Iranian political arena, Khatami is the most iconic anti-American figure. Perhaps because of this, even more than ten years after Khatami left office, America and Israel still wanted to eliminate him.
America and Israel seem to want to break the backbone of Iran's anti-American stance, telling Iranians that opposing the United States will definitely have a bad ending. Khatami's death is a major loss for Iran. The methods used by the US and Israel clearly aim to uproot the hardliners within Iran. From a tactical perspective, this has been very successful. However, such actions may instead stimulate greater unity among all factions in Iran, strengthening their determination to resist the United States.
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