Iran defense minister says US, Israel orchestrated riots, directed weapons, cash

from PressTV

Iran’s defense minister says the United States and Israel orchestrated riots inside Iran, directing the flow of weapons and cash to fuel violence and destabilization amid a broader plan to fragment the country.

Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Thursday that Iran has “precise intelligence” showing the United States, the Israeli regime, and some of their allied countries set up joint coordination centers to shape a future for "separatists" and terrorists.

He said those meetings went as far as planning for each “separated region” to draft its own constitution, while foreign sponsors directed weapons smuggling and provided financial and logistical support.

Nasirzadeh said Iranian intelligence has full oversight of these plans, including joint sessions held in one of the countries in the region with the aim of designing "unrest" inside Iran.

According to him, US spy services and several Western countries presented “their own specific programs to increase budgets” for destabilization during those meetings.

He said even the “rates” for destruction and killing inside Iran were set.

“For killing each person, 500 million tomans (roughly 3,300 USD). For burning each car, 200 million tomans (roughly 1,300 USD). For setting police stations on fire, 80 million tomans (roughly 530 USD). And for any disruptive action, 15 million tomans (roughly 100 USD),” he said.

Nasirzadeh stressed that assigning 500 million tomans per killing shows the clear objective was “manufacturing deaths.”...

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