Senior Army Commander Warns US of Surprise Moves

Rasa - Deputy Commander of the Iranian Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari in tacit threats against the US said that Iran could surprise enemies with unexpected moves.

News ID: 438801

Date: 24 July 2018 - 21:02

RNA - "Our people's capability and power against the enemies should be stated so that enemies would not think that our nation are influenced and undergo cruelty so easily," Rear Admiral Sayyari said, addressing a ceremony in Tehran on Monday.

"We can jump down on their throat in some places in a way that they, themselves, do not believe," he added.

In relevant remarks on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned his US counterpart Donald Trump against the unbearable costs and dire consequences of blocking Iran's oil exports, saying belligerency against Iran would the "mother of wars".

"The regional states are either afraid of the US or do not trust it. Anyone who understands politics a little bit would never say that he/she would prevent exports of Iran's oil. We have many Straits. The Strait of Hormuz is just one of them," President Rouhani said, addressing the Iranian ambassadors to foreign states in Tehran on Sunday, repeating his earlier tacit threat that Tehran would close off the Strait of Hormuz in response to any move by the US to zero its crude supplies.

He stressed that Iran has been the guarantor of security in the Strait of Hormuz all throughout the history, saying, "Mr. Trump! Do not twist the lion's tail because you will regret. You are not able to provoke the Iranian nation against Iran's security and interests."

"The Americans should come to realize this point well that peace with Iran would be the mother of all peaces and war with Iran would be the mother of all wars. We do not quiver from threats and we have a deterrent power. Today our internal unity is more than before, threats make us more coherent and we will definitely beat the US," Rouhani said, and added, "We would sustain costs, but will earn greater interests."

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