TEHRAN – In the first phase of the Islamic Revolution “we stopped the enemies and forced them to retreat, but now it is time to chase after them,” Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps second-in-command, said on Friday.

“We are sure that in the second phase we will defeat our enemies like before and then some,” Salami said, pointing to a recent statement by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the second phase of the Islamic Revolution after it turned 40.

He also said despite economic sanctions, joy and vitality persist in Iran, Mehr reported.

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