Commander: We are standing firm against all threats to very end
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Sharh-e-Rey, Dec 8, IRNA -- Commander of Iranian Command and General Staff College (CGSC) said here Wednesday we are true inheritors of martyrs and are, just like them, standing firm against all threats till exhaling our last breath.
According to the IRNA military affairs reporter, Brigadier General Hossein Valivand who was speaking with IRNA in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of a commemoration service in the honor of IRI Army 60th Unity Brigade who are getting retired at the holy shrine of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini (P).
The Iranian Army top commander said, “We are constantly on full alert status against the threats posed by the enemies and after the passage of 32 years from the victory of our revolution it is our heartfelt belief that our defense for the holy system of the Islamic Republic is stronger today, than ever before.”
He recalled a memory that in early fall season of the year 1982 they were once received, along with staffs of the IRI Army 60th Unity Brigade by the late Imam Khomeini (P) and that had vowed covenant with his eminence to be at the service of the holy system of the Islamic Republic to the last breaths of their lives.
Brigadier General Valivand added, “Today, 30 years after that meeting under such conditions that 31 members of the IRI Army 60th Unity Brigade have been martyred, we once again unanimously, unified, and with the same spirit, vow covenant with the ideals of that bygone friend.”
A group of officers of the IRI Army 60th Unity Brigade on the verge of the 30th year of their fiddle service attended the holy shrine of Imam Khomeini (P) Wednesday, laid a wreath of flowers at his graveside, and renewed their old covenant with him.
The remarks by Brigadier General Valivand came after intensified threats by the Zionist regime officials that air strikes could be in the offing against Iran.
The racist Zionist regime’s President Shimon Peres said in November that such action was becoming 'more and more likely'.
A few days ago the Zionist regime’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak, too, once again threatened Iran with 'all options,' yet ruling out speculations about the possibility of an imminent attack on Iran's nuclear sites.
'We have no intention of acting for the moment...We should not engage in war when it is not necessary, but there may come a time or another when we are forced to face tests,' Barak said.
In reply, Iran has warned that it would crush the entire Zionist lands as well as Israeli and US interests worldwide.
Senior Iranian officials have unanimously described the threats as 'foolish' remarks, and warned that friends and allies of the Islamic Revolution would destroy Israel before it can make the slightest military move against Iran.
Also, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) top officials have warned the Zionist regime about Iran's crushing response to any act of aggression, saying that any attack on Iran would put an end to Israel's existence.
'If the Zionist regime (of Israel) would dare to commits such a mistake, it would mean that it has entered the final days of its existence since the Islamic Republic of Iran is a powerful and strong country which can defend its territorial integrity and interests across the globe, specially in the Middle-East,' the IRGC Politburo Chief Javani told the FNA in November.
Meantime, Muslim nations throughout the world have voiced strong support for Iran, saying that in case of a US or Israeli attack on Iran, they would joint the Iranian front to fight against their archenemy, the usurper racist Zionist regime.
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