Threats will be met with ‘more forceful and wider’ response: Iran’s armed forces

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran has warned the enemies of a “more forceful and wider” response to threats against the country’s soil.

In a Tuesday statement on the eve of the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory, the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces hailed the nation’s resilience and vowed to counter any foreign threats decisively.

Iran “stands powerfully and with authority against any threat, conspiracy, and overreach, confronting threats with a more forceful and broader response,” the statement said.

The Armed Forces reiterated that the Islamic Republic has repeatedly demonstrated its unwavering stance in safeguarding its national interests and lofty goals.

The statement came amid a significant US military buildup in the region, with Washington threatening Iran with military action even amid renewed nuclear talks hosted by Oman.

Back in June last year, the Israeli regime initiated a 12-day war against Iran despite ongoing negotiations between American and Iranian officials aimed at resolving outstanding issues through diplomacy.

Although the US also joined the war against Iran, Israel was ultimately compelled to ask for a ceasefire due to the Iranian armed forces’ powerful retaliatory operations.

According to the Tuesday statement, Iran’s enemies, particularly the United States and the Israeli regime, have consistently been met with a stronger and more resistant Iran, the more they increase pressure.

“Now, after 47 years of the blessed Islamic Revolution, any fair and free-minded person clearly sees that a powerful and independent Iran, despite all hostilities and pressures, has managed to conquer peaks of honor, progress, and self-reliance in scientific, defense, technological, social, and cultural arenas.”

It also said that the global imperial power, having lost its illegitimate interests with the collapse of the Pahlavi regime, has harbored animosity towards the Iranian people since the Revolution’s first days.

“Through assassination, sowing insecurity, sanctions, threats, and warmongering, they tried to block the path of the Revolution,” the statement said.

“But by the grace of the wise leadership of the late Imam Khomeini and the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the steadfastness of the insightful Iranian nation, they reaped nothing but humiliation, disgrace, and successive defeats,” it added.

Leader urges nation to ‘frustrate enemy’ with massive rallies on Islamic Revolution anniversary

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on the Iranian nation to demonstrate its will and steadfastness on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

The statement invited the people to create an enduring epic through their majestic and unity-building presence in the nationwide February 11 rallies.

This massive show of solidarity, it said, will once again disappoint global arrogance, particularly the United States and the desperate Israel, in their continued conspiracies against the triumphant Iranian people.

On Monday, Ayatollah Khamenei called on the Iranian nation to demonstrate its will and steadfastness on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, saying such unity would frustrate the enemy.

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