News - Middle East: The chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces says Europe will plunge irretrievably into a downward spiral if it does not manage to throw off the shackles of subjugation to the United States and stop supporting Washington’s policies blindly.

Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri made the remarks on Wednesday as he addressed the opening ceremony of an international conference “Geometry of the New World Order” in Tehran.

“Change has been the rule governing the universal order in different historical eras, and the continuation of an order does not necessarily translate into its accuracy," he said, adding that the Eastern and Western blocs have since the beginning of the 20th century "sought to reap more benefits for themselves, dominate the West Asia region and exploit its strategic potentials."

“Additionally, the 40-year-long Cold War as a form of the bipolar system, exclusion of communism from international equations, atrocious US [military] invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and creation of Daesh [Takfiri terrorist group] with an intent to overthrow the Iraqi and Syrian governments all point to the fact that the world order is changing,” the top Iranian general said.

He further said that there are "signs that a unipolar order has never stabilized" and |the world is on the threshold of a new order.”