'Trying to profit as young soldiers are sent off to die': Iranian FM Araghchi criticises US

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi slammed the US for “like launching a war for a foreign regime while trying to profit as young soldiers are sent off to die.” He pointed at the joint military operation by America and Israel against Iran in an attempt to decapitate the country. Reacting to a report published by news outlet Financial Times, which mentioned US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s broker explored a potential multimillion-dollar investment in a defence-focused ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund) weeks before US-Israeli military action against Iran. Araghchi said, “Nothing says "America First" like launching a war for a foreign regime while trying to profit as young soldiers are sent off to die. This war of choice is imposed on both Americans and Iranians.”

As US and Israel conducted a joint military operation in Iran on February 28, and America has sustained nearly $2 billion in equipment losses during the first four days of its campaign, according to data compiled by the news agency Anadolu. The primary driver of this figure is the destruction of a $1.1 billion AN/FPS-132 early warning radar system at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which was hit by an Iranian missile strike. As US and Israel continue their strikes in Tehran in the bid to decapitate the current regime, the country has lost prominent leaders. From supreme leader Ali Khamenei,Navy Chief Alireza Tangsiri, Basij Unit chief Gholamreza Soleimani, and IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naeini. The regime stated on Tuesday (Mar 31) that would target US tech giants if any more leaders were killed.

Here's list of companies released by IRGC:

• Big Tech: Google (Alphabet), Microsoft, Apple, and Meta
• AI & Data Analytics: Palantir, Nvidia, and the UAE-based G42
• Infrastructure & Cloud: Amazon (AWS), Oracle, IBM, Cisco, Dell, and HP
• Aerospace & Transport: Boeing and Tesla
• Finance & Industry: JP Morgan Chase, GE, and the Dubai-based Spire Solutions