Iran has military equipment enemies do not know about: general
Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony held to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the martyrdom of Lt. General Ali Sayyad Shirazi, he said that the message of the week-long “Great Prophet” (S) military exercises, held in the Persian Gulf from March 31 to April 6, was peace and friendship for the entire world.
Yet, those who were threatening Iran without making proper military assessments realized that Iran is a powerful country which cannot be confronted, he added.
The war games were carried out in order to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the country and were not something new, he noted.
The significance of the war games was the fact that advanced domestically manufactured military equipment was used to display Iran’s military capabilities to the world, he added.
What was displayed in the military maneuvers was only a small part of Iran’s military equipment, he added.
Before the war games, the United States claimed that a military option was open to deal with Iran, but after Iran’s show of force they changed their position 180 degrees by declaring that U.S. military forces are only in the Persian Gulf to protect ships that cross the Strait of Hormuz.
Firuzabadi stated that this change of position was due to the martyrdom-seeking spirit of faith of the Iranian nation.
“Those who accused us of aggression due to the war games expected Iran to bow to their demands, but when they did not reach their goal, they turned to futile acts of psychological warfare against Iran.
“The microbes of the U.S. and Israel, which always seek their own interests in the world, are very dangerous, and the Armed Forces, like a doctor who prescribes a vaccination to prevent diseases, should be prepared to defend the territorial integrity of the country and the ideals of the Islamic Revolution,” he said.