Recently, US Iran relations have been tense and the situation in the Middle East has been tense.
In the early morning of January 3 local time, the United States launched an attack in Iraq, killing Qasim middot, commander of the "Holy City Brigade" subordinate to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard; Sulaimani, initiating chain reaction:
Iran vowed revenge, the United States increased troops in the Middle East, the "green zone" in Baghdad, Iraq was attacked, the Iranian parliament approved the "severe revenge" bill, and the US air base was attacked & hellip& hellip; The leaders of the United States and Iran have repeatedly uttered cruel words across the air, and their voices have been heard frequently on social media.
▲ on the evening of January 7 local time, the US military base was attacked by Iranian missiles
After the attack on the US military base
Hot search on a microblog of the Iranian embassy in China
On the morning of the 8th, shortly after Iran attacked the US military base, the Iranian embassy in China aired the national flag on the official microblog and wrote "the end of the evil forces of the United States in West Asia has begun". As of last night, the number of likes on this microblog had reached nearly 500000.
Since then, the official microblog of the Iranian embassy in China has been updated three times in a day and rushed to hot search. The number of blog likes has reached tens of thousands.
At the same time, the official microblog of the U.S. Embassy in China also kept sending messages. The accounts of the US and Iraqi embassies in China are linked to each other on the microblog, which seems to have become a 'new battlefield' of the US Iraqi public opinion war.
In fact, the "fight" between the Iranian embassy in China and the U.S. Embassy in China began shortly after the United States threw three rockets into Baghdad International Airport on January 3.
Looking back and combing the contents recently released by the two accounts, it can be found that the "fight" between the two embassies in China is roughly divided into these rounds--
First round: 'decapitation'
In the early morning of January 3 local time, three rockets attacked the Iraqi capital Baghdad International Airport, burning two vehicles, killing at least eight people, including Qassim middot, leader of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard; Sulaimani. Sulaimani has a very special status in Iran and enjoys a high reputation. It is the key to Iran's strategy and influence in the Middle East. It has also been regarded as a candidate for Iran's political leaders.
>& gt; Iran: the United States will suffer 'severe retaliation'
After the incident, the Iranian embassy in China quickly released two microblogs, quoting Iran's supreme leader Khamenei and foreign minister Zarif respectively, warning that the United States would be "retaliated".
>& gt; United States: 'beheading' Iranian general is a defensive action
Shortly after that, the U.S. Embassy in China sent three microblogs within an hour, quoting the words of U.S. Secretary of state pompeio, claiming that the elimination of Sulaimani was a "decisive defensive action" to protect overseas Americans.
In this regard, the Iranian embassy in China issued a document on January 5, Beijing time to refute. In this microblog, it mentioned that "the end of the evil forces of the United States in West Asia has begun."
Second round: counter attack
On January 5 local time, Iran announced that it would suspend the implementation of the fifth phase of the Iran nuclear agreement and would no longer limit the number of centrifuges. On the same day, the Iraqi parliament held a special session to demand that foreign troops end their presence.
>& gt; Iran: decided to counter and no longer limit the number of centrifuges
On the morning of the 6th Beijing time, the Iranian embassy in China forwarded the content of the social media account of Iranian foreign minister Zarif and announced that it would no longer limit the number of centrifuges.
>& gt; United States: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard is a 'terrorist organization'
On that day, the U.S. Embassy in China sent two microblogs, claiming that Iran "exports violence and repression", and emphasizing that "the United States has determined that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard is a terrorist organization".
In addition, the U.S. Embassy in China also posted many words about exposing Sulaimani's "bloody history" on its microblog.
Third round: Revenge
On January 7 local time, the Iranian parliament approved a bill called "severe revenge", paving the way for the upcoming retaliation against the United States. On the evening of the 7th, the US Air Force Base in Iraq was attacked by missiles. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard confirmed that dozens of missiles attacked the US Assad Air Force Base in Iraq.
>& gt; Iran: slap the United States
On the 8th, the Iranian embassy in China successively released four microblogs and the statement of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard, saying that the generals killed in the previous attack took revenge and bombed the US military base. At the same time, according to the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, it also said that this was a self-defense action that did not seek war.
>& gt; United States: willing to embrace peace
In this regard, on January 9, Beijing time, after US President trump delivered a national speech, the US embassy in China successively sent out the contents of Trump's speech in segments.
Now Iran has said that its self-defense action is over and does not seek war. The United States has also stated that it is "willing to embrace peace with all those who seek peace." This round of confrontation between the two sides has come to an end, as has the space between the embassies of the two countries on the social platform.
How will the situation develop in the future? Will the two sides wrestle? It is difficult for us to know, but the only thing we can be sure of is that once risky actions or misjudgments occur, the United States and Iraq may fall into a vicious circle of retaliation and make the smell of gunpowder stronger over the Middle East, which is obviously not in the interests of either party.
Only by returning to the track of dialogue and solving problems as soon as possible can we promote the cooling of tensions in the Middle East as soon as possible and become a rational choice for all parties.