Iranian military warns against fabricating stories, says won’t allow military engagement in peripher

TEHRAN — A senior spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff on Saturday dismissed as untrue statements by the United States about a suspicious incident for an Israeli-operated tanker in the Sea of Oman, warning the enemy that Iran will not allow any military engagement in its periphery.

Candidates mustn’t address ‘professional’ conscription: military spokesman 

TEHRAN - Spokesman for Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi instructed the presidential candidates to refrain from addressing the issue of compulsory military service. 

Iranian military says to ‘definitely’ respond to attack on merchant ship in Red Sea

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a senior spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces, said on Thursday that Iran will “definitely” respond to a recent attack on one of its merchant ships in the strategic Red Sea.

Israel will see Iran’s upper hand if it continues airing lies, general says 

TEHRAN – An Iranian Armed Forces official warned on Thursday that if Israel's officials continue propagating lies about bombarding and killing Iran’s military advisors in Syria, they will see the upper hand of Iran and the resistance front in action.

Iran military rejects Trump claim of ‘destroying’ Iranian drone

TEHRAN – A senior spokesman for the Iranian military says Iran has not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that a U.S. warship had shot down an Iranian drone in the strait.

K= Firing even one bullet at Iran will ‘set fire’ to U.S. and its regional allies, General Shekarchi warns

Military: If enemy fires a single bullet at Iran, it will receive 10

TEHRAN – Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a senior spokesman for the Iranian military, says any act of aggression by Washington and its allies against Iran will impose heavy costs on their interests.

Military: Raid on border guard killers will be relentless

TEHRAN – Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a senior spokesman for the Iranian military, has said armed forces will not rest until they severely punish those terrorists who killed the IRGC border guards on Feb. 13 in the southeastern province of Sistan- Baluchestan, IRNA reported on Saturday.

Military spokesman: ‘Iran bears message of peace and friendship’

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a senior spokesman for the Iranian armed forces, said on Sunday that Iran bears “message of peace and friendship and not war or bloodshed”.

Military set to show achievements as Islamic Revolution turns 40

TEHRAN – A senior spokesman for the Iranian armed forces said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic’s latest military achievements will be showcased in four exhibitions ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

U.S. will be slapped hard if it does anything wrong: general

TEHRAN – The U.S. and its allies will be “slapped in the face hard” in case they do anything wrong against Iran, General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a senior spokesman for Iran’s armed forces, warned on Sunday.