Basij Commander: The change started with America and the Israeli captives.
Hossein Tayeb, head of the Basij organization affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, said: "The Americans said 250 years ago that we wanted to bring about change in the world, especially in the Middle East, but today we say that the beginning of the change started from America and the captives of Israel, and we will see this change quickly in various fields."
According to him, "The Americans say that we will replace the government with the Republic of Salami, but today the American people are tired of war and they say that our statesmen took our money, equipment and soldiers and took them to distant areas to fight."