A senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a sharp condemnation of the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, framing it as an act of weakness that signals American decline.
Speaking at a memorial ceremony on Tuesday, IRGC Deputy Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi stated that the raid, which extracted Maduro from Caracas to face charges in New York, demonstrates a failure of U.S. diplomacy and a turn toward lawlessness.
"Kidnapping a sovereign nation's president reveals not strength, but the height of American depravity and signals its strategic collapse," Vahidi declared. He drew a direct parallel between this operation and the 2020 assassination of IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani, arguing that both reveal Washington’s increasing reliance on force as its political influence wanes.
Vahidi asserted that such actions ultimately backfire by strengthening resistance and unity among opposing nations. He credited Soleimani's legacy with inspiring greater self-sufficiency and coordination among regional groups opposing U.S. and Israeli influence.
The operation, which Venezuelan officials claim resulted in dozens of deaths, has drawn widespread international criticism. Several Latin American and European nations have called it a dangerous precedent that violates sovereignty and international law.
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