"Iran’s security forces will give new, unforgettable lessons to terrorists and
their regional and trans-regional backers,” Major General Mohammad Baqeri said
in a statement on Sunday.
Baqeri made the comments days after ISIS-linked terrorists launched a twin
assault on Iran’s Parliament and the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic
Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini on Wednesday.
The attacks left 17 people dead and some 56 more injured, marking the first such
attack by the Islamic State on Iranian soil.
"We warn those who participated in the Saudis’ recent sword dance as well as
those who seek to hatch plots and anti-security scenarios against the Islamic
Republic to learn from the fate of the June 7 terrorists and to avoid even
nurturing and repeating the mistake in their mind,” the senior commander
underscored.
"Sword dance” was a reference to the recent visit by U.S. President Donald Trump
to Saudi Arabia, during which he performed a traditional dance with Saudi
princes with swords in their hands.
Bageri also pointed the finger of suspicion toward what he called "the ominous
U.S.-Israeli regime-Al Saud triangle” for the Tehran attacks, emphasizing that
"blind terror acts and disgusting fireworks” will not tremble Iran’s adamant
fight against terrorism.
On Wednesday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the twin attacks
as mere "fireworks" that would not weaken the country's fight against terrorism.
"These fireworks have no effect on Iran. They will soon be eliminated ... They
are too small to affect the will of the Iranian nation and its officials," the
Leader stated.
Other Iranian authorities implicitly rapped Saudi Arabia for the attacks,
launched just hours after Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Iran must
be punished for its interference in the region, what Iran flatly reject.
In a tweet which appeared to refer to the comments, Zarif said,
"Terror-sponsoring despots threaten to bring the fight to our homeland. Proxies
attack what their masters despise most: the seat of democracy.”
Also, in a statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said Saudi Arabia
was behind the attacks.
"This terrorist attack happened only a week after the meeting between the U.S.
president (Donald Trump) and the (Saudi) backward leaders who support
terrorists. The fact that Islamic State has claimed responsibility proves that
they were involved in the brutal attack," read the statement.
"Let there be no doubt that we will take revenge for today's attacks in Tehran,
on terrorists, their affiliates and their supporters," promised Brigadier
General Hossein Salami, the deputy head of the IRGC.
SOURCE :TehranTimes