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Army chief: Iran fully prepared to confront any threat with ‘iron will’
The Army chief issued a message on Friday on the occasion of the National Army Day, saying the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, saved the Iranian Army from the conspiracy of dissolution and weakening and stabilized it to safeguard the Islamic establishment, independence and territorial integrity, Press TV reported.
After the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, he added, the Iranian Army strongly confronted sworn enemies and made great efforts in the fields of relief services.
The Army considers itself a self-sacrificing defender of the security of the Iranian nation while maintaining its vigilance and combat readiness, Hatami reiterated.
He said the Army stands ready to confront any threat or act of aggression by enemies “with firm determination, watchful eyes, an iron will, and fingers on the trigger” and will remain committed to its pledge until the last breath.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) also said it stands ready alongside the Army to deliver a “regret-inducing” response to the US and Israeli regime if they renew their criminal act of aggression against the country.
The IRGC made the announcement in a statement released on Friday to mark National Army Day. “The Islamic Republic of Iran Army and the IRGC [using] weapons of unity, integrity, coordination, synergy, empathy, and sacred will … stand ready amid a lull in the battlefield during the third imposed war, with their hand on the trigger to deliver a powerful, destructive and regret-inducing response to any aggressive and criminal act by the American-Zionist enemy and their companions against Iran and its history-making nation,” it said.