The commander of the Iranian navy says the downing of an intruding American spy drone was a “crushing response” to the United States, warning that the Islamic Republic is always capable of repeating it.

Lieutenant Commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said that Washington’s enmity against Iran is rooted in its intolerance for the anti-imperialistic causes of the Islamic Revolution, highlighting that such a war will be on overtly and covertly as long as the war between the good and the evil is on.

Iran has dismissed attempts by the United States to form a coalition against the Islamic Republic, saying such measures are destined to fail.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a recent incident in which a US spy drone encroached on the Iranian territory in the Sea of Oman was the extension of previous efforts by the B-Team to drag US President Donald Trump into a war with Iran.

Iraq has called for enhanced cooperation with neighboring Iran in the area of air defense, days after Tehran successfully thwarted an American spying mission by downing a sophisticated surveillance drone over Iranian territorial waters.

An overwhelming majority of Iranian Members of Parliament (MPs), in a statement on Sunday, voiced their strong support for the shooting down of an American spy drone by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Thursday, and chanted “Down with the US” in defiance to US President Donald Trump’s pressures against their country.

A senior Iranian commander warns the United States to "act responsibility" in the region to protect the lives of American forces operating there.

Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian slammed Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain for allowing their lands be used as a platform for the US military to spy on other countries of the region, and warned them against playing with regional security and stability.

Spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi warned that the interests of Washington and its regional allies will be endangered and destroyed if the US fires even one single bullet at Iran.

Iran says it will not allow any incursions by the United States into its borders regardless of the response that may come from Washington.