US 'still Great Satan' says Iran Guard chief

(MENAFN- Arab News) TEHRAN: The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Tuesday that the US is still the 'Great Satan' regardless of the nuclear deal struck with Americans and world powers over the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear program.
The comments by Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari reported by the official Guard website said that 'the enmity against Iranian nation by the US has not lessened and it has been increased.'
'We should not be deceived by the US' Jafari reportedly said. 'It wants to infiltrate into Iran resorting to new instruments and method.'
Earlier Tuesday Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi the head of powerful Iran's Experts Assembly which oversees the nation's Supreme Leader and institutions under his supervision also said the nuclear deal will not alter Iran's foreign policy toward the United States.
'The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the US its No. 1 enemy' Yazdi said. 'If you try to discover the root of the sedition that is happening around us today you will identify US as its main supporter.'
Meanwhile Tuesday the state news agency IRNA quoted Tehran's police chief Gen. Hossein Sajedinia as saying his officers detained several people for distributing apparel bearing the flags of the US Israel and Britain as well as items bearing Satanic symbols. Such crackdowns on Western items are common in Iran.