Iran’s Top General: We’re Prepared for Harsh Encounter with Threats

By Staff- Agencies

Iran’s Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri highlighted the military readiness to deal with all threats severely and protect Tehran's national interests with constantly growing defense capabilities.

Baqeri released a message on the occasion of the anniversary of liberation of Khorramshahr, a city in southwestern Iran that had been occupied by the Iraq's Baathist army in the early 1980s under former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

In his message, the top commander said the “policy of boosting power for defense, offense and deterrence” is always on the agenda of the Iranian Armed Forces.

“The Iranian military forces maintain intelligence dominance and are fully prepared for harsh and courageous confrontation with any threat against the country’s independence, territorial integrity and national interests,” he underscored.

The Iranian general also said this year’s anniversary of liberation of Khorramshahr has coincided with the Palestinian resistance forces’ victory over the fake and child-murdering Zionist regime in a new Intifada.

“While the flag of Palestine has been raised across the occupied territories and Gaza, the occupiers of Al-Quds have run for shelters humiliatingly as the Zionist regime’s nest, like the spider web, has become shakier than ever,” he stated.