The Revolutionary Guard Offers the U.S. a Helping Hand

A wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guard force, best known for its brutal crackdown of street protests last year, has offered the United States its helping hand to contain the catastrophic BP oil spill that is devastating the Gulf of Mexico region. "They can ask and after due consideration, we will send experts from Khatam al-Anbiya to end the major crisis and put an end to the environmental disaster," said Brigadier General Rostam Qasemi of the Guards' industrial wing, who is ironically individually targeted by United States sanctions against the regime. "Despite the recent sanctions, the Guards will embark on its humane mission and take its exclusive and indigenous ability to the Gulf of Mexico," he added.

The National Iranian Drilling Company also offered to help stop the oil spill last month, pointing to the expertise gained by the country during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, when it had to cap large oil well leaks in the Persian Gulf caused by enemy bombardment.