Commander: Iran Enjoying Mighty Defensive Power for Big Confrontations

TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri said Iran enjoys such a high level of defensive capabilities that it can repel major enemies in large-scale wars.

“Despite the enemy’s huge investment and its use of different scenarios, its attempts, specially to disturb security at the bordering areas and stir superficial ethnic, religious and sectarian conflicts, have all failed,” Jazayeri said, addressing a gathering in Tehran on Monday.

At present, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s defensive power and capability is beyond that of the normal countries as it has been designed and prepared for big enemies,” he added.

Jazayeri said that the Iranian Armed Forces enjoy full superiority and control over the regional conditions and situation and have made the necessary arrangements for any possible insecurity.

In relevant remarks in May, Commander of the Iranian Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan reiterated that the country is now enjoying the best military force with unique features, who are fully prepared to confront any possible enemy threat and aggression under any conditions.

Iran’s Armed Forces will be never shocked by enemiesˈ moves, Pourdastan stressed, addressing a gathering in Tehran.

Today, we are facing new threats that are totally different in terms of type, shape and size compared to those of the past,” he added.

Also in April, Pourdastan warned that the country’s Armed Forces will give a swift and crushing response to any aggressive military move.

In case of any threat, our response will be more deadly and heavier,” the commander said in Tehran at the time.

He underlined Tehran’s policy of keeping peace and tranquility in the region and the world, but meanwhile said Iran monitors the moves of the regional and trans-regional states day and night and if any aggression is made against the country, it will receive a crushing response.