A prominent leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard stated this Wednesday that the option of war resuming with the United States and Israel is "low" and attributed it to "the enemy's weakness." His words come as Pakistan-sponsored talks continue to achieve a peace pact to end the conflict unleashed after the surprise offensive on February 28 carried out by U.S. and Israeli forces against the Asian country.
"The Armed Forces are waiting with their arsenals full despite the probability of war being low due to the enemy's weakness," declared Mohamad Akbarzadé, 'number two' of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy, emphasizing that the military apparatus remains on alert.
The Iranian command also stressed that Washington has still not managed to lift the limitations imposed by Tehran on navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Furthermore, he remarked that "the Iranian people have made it clear to the world that the post-war period includes a new Iran in international equations," alluding to the role the country intends to play in the regional and global balance of power.
"The Americans think they can talk to the Islamic Republic through the language of force, but it seems they have not learned that one should not speak to the Iranian community through threats," added Abkarzadé, insisting that this situation should constitute a "historical lesson" for Washington authorities.
Along these lines, he warned that Iranian forces "will turn the area between Chabahar and Mahshahr --referring to towns located at both ends of the southern Iranian coast, in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman-- into a cemetery for aggressors," making it clear that Tehran would respond forcefully to any attack.
"Our warriors today harbor in their hearts the desire to fight hand-to-hand against the enemy and, with exemplary zeal, are the guarantors of severe revenge against those who wish evil upon this nation," concluded Abkarzadé, as reported by the Tasnim news agency.