Hujjat al-Islam Zonnour:‎

IRGC missile attack on terrorists in Syria ‘a source of dignity for Iran’‎

Rasa – A member of Iran’s National Security Commission considered the IRGC’s attack on ‎the positions of the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Ahvaz as a source of pride for the ‎Iranian nation and said, “The IRGC is a powerful arm of the Iranian nation such that it gave ‎a deadly slap to the aggressors and enemies.”‎

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Date: 01 October 2018 - 23:21

RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Hujjat al-Islam Mojtaba Zonnour, ‎quoted the verse of the Holy Quran: “Prepare against them whatever you can of [military] ‎power and war-horses” [8:60] and referred to the missiles attack by the Islamic ‎Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the positions of terrorists behind the September 22nd ‎attack in Ahvaz and said, “From the context of this verse, deterrent and offensive action ‎arises to frighten the enemies so that even the idea of attacking doesn’t come to mind.”‎

Referring to the fact that the authority of the Islamic system prevents the enemies from ‎invading our homeland, the member of the National Security Council of the Islamic ‎Consultative Assembly he said, “If we are strong, the enemies won’t be able to attack our ‎country, or if they have given permission to themselves, we can take revenge against them ‎and repel their attack against us.”‎

He pointed out, “Those with the country who are concerned about our missile power either ‎don’t consider our the national interests as important or don’t understand the importance of ‎this power and don’t know that missile power is a guarantee of our political and economic ‎interests.”‎

Hujjat al-Islam Zonnour said that Iran’s military power is defence-centred and explained, “We ‎haven’t attacked anyone until now but from the outset, our actions have been defensive and ‎we’ve only responded to the aggression of our enemies. The Islamic Republic will follow the ‎same path with authority and we will surely raise the costs for the enemies.”‎

Referring to the words of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution [Ayatollah Khamenei] that ‎‎“the era of bullying power has come to an end,” the representative of the people of Qom in ‎the Islamic Consultative Assembly said, “The Supreme Leader has made this statement with ‎nobility and with information in regard to the country’s defence capabilities and although the ‎people were saddened by the bitter terrorist incident on September 22nd, today the people ‎feel a sense of dignity when they see the authority of the IRGC.”‎

He considered the missile attack by the IRGC on the positions of the perpetrators of the ‎terrorist attack in Ahvaz as a source of pride for the Iranian people, saying, “The IRGC is a ‎powerful arm of the Iranian nation such that it gave a deadly slap to the aggressors and ‎enemies.”‎

Hujjat al-Islam Zonnour addressed the enemies and invaders and said, “The enemies know ‎that the policy of the Islamic Republic isn’t aggressive but if an aggressive hand is extended ‎toward the country, the Islamic Republic will break its bones and our actions will be very ‎regrettable for the enemies. We advise the enemies not to play with the lion’s tail and not ‎engage in evil activities because they will regret it.”‎

On October 1st, the IRGC targeted terrorist positions to the east of the river Euphrates, near ‎the town of Albu Kamal on Syria’s eastern border with Iraq in response to the “cowardly” act ‎of terror during a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on September 22, which ‎killed 25 people and injured 69 others.‎

‎Rasa News Agency

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