Iranian chief of staff: Every regime threat will be targeted directly

Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Ali Abdollahi warned the United States and Israel that any new miscalculation would be met with heavier strikes, saying Iran had “paralyzed advanced U.S. systems.”

Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Ali Abdollahi said any threat targeting his country would become a direct target for the armed forces, adding that “every point threatening the existence of the regime will be a direct target of the operations” Iran launches.

Abdollahi made the remarks in a message to Brigadier General Seyyed Majid Mousavi, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, marking the anniversary of the death of Major General Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, founder of Iran’s missile program, Iranian state television reported. In his message, he stressed the importance of the Aerospace Force.

اللواء حسن طهراني مقدم، مؤسس البرنامج الصاروخي الإيراني (أرشيف)

“Previous attacks were the beginning”

“We paralyzed advanced U.S. systems,” Abdollahi said, warning Washington and Tel Aviv that the previous attacks were only the beginning and that any new miscalculation would result in them receiving “larger strikes.”

He said the threat was “real” and that Iran’s armed forces had the capability to carry it out.

The Iranian chief of staff made the remarks on the same day that Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said any new U.S. attack would be met by targeting U.S. bases and that highly enriched uranium would not leave Iran. Tensions between Tehran and Washington have continued since the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0; archive). Sources: Anadolu, Iranian state television.