In a speech on Tuesday evening, Shamkhani pointed to recent remarks by US
National Security Adviser John Bolton and said the American official has urged
Iran to take the US seriously.
"Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh took you seriously when he landed missiles three
miles away from you (US forces in Syria),” he added.
"What are Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) and (other) terrorist groups doing just three
miles away from you?” Shamkhani wondered.
Elsewhere, the security official pointed to economic threats posed by Washington
against Tehran and said Iran will defeat the US "villains” and the current US
administration in the area of economy.
On May 8, US President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the Iran nuclear
deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was achieved
in Vienna in 2015 after years of negotiations among Iran and the Group 5+1
(Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany), and announced plans for
new sanctions against Tehran.
The White House has also announced plans to get as many countries as possible
down to zero Iranian oil imports and launch a campaign of "maximum economic and
diplomatic pressure” on Iran.
Last week, Bolton had warned Iran over any move against its forces in Syria,
saying "I might imagine they would take me seriously when I assure them today
that if you cross us, our allies or our partners, if you harm our citizens, if
you continue to lie, cheat and deceive. Yes, there will indeed be hell to pay.”
On Monday morning, the IRGC Aerospace Force fired six mid-range ballistic
missiles at the bases of Takfiri terrorists in an area east of the Euphrates in
Syria in retaliation for a terrorist attack in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz
last week.
Following the missile strike, the IRGC flew seven combat drones and bombed the
positions and strongholds used for accommodating and supporting the terrorists.
During a military parade in Ahvaz on September 22, Takfiri militants launched an
attack, killing 25 people and injuring more than 60 others, including women and
children.
Following the terrorist act, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed
Ali Khamenei said the attack in Ahvaz was the continuation of plots hatched by
US stooges in the region to create insecurity in the country, adding that Iran’s
intelligence services must swiftly find the accomplices of the "criminals”
behind the attack and put them on trial.
Source:Tasnim News Agency