Brigadier-General Yadollah Javani, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ deputy for political affairs, says Iranian forces are operating on the assumption that the US or Israel could strike at any moment, Al Jazeera reports.
He has told the semi-official Fars news agency that the military is “fully prepared for any scenario the enemy may devise”, and that Iran will not be caught off guard and will respond as necessary.
Javani says Iran’s military capabilities now allow it to confront the enemy not only defensively but also through preemptive and offensive operations.
He said Iran can inflict heavy, devastating strikes on US warships and warned that any region that enemy forces try to enter — whether by air assault or across a border — would become a “killing ground” for them.
