Iran’s military might deter enemies

A senior Iranian commander says the Islamic Republic’s armed forces are capable of crushing any act of aggression in case of an enemy military strike.

“The Islamic Republic has gained valuable experiences during the eight-year Iraqi-imposed war on Iran. The war has turned Iran’s Army and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) into formidable military forces,” IRNA quoted Deputy Head of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri, as saying on Saturday.

Thanks to the commitment and capabilities of our defense forces, “today the Islamic Republic enjoys security and stability,” he said, reiterating that these forces have also been responsible in developing a domestically-based, top-notch defense industry that is wide-ranging and dynamic.

The top Iranian commander insisted that no adversary could undermine the sovereignty of the Islamic establishment, noting that the military might of the Islamic Republic enables it to vigorously encounter arrogant powers and deter any act of aggression.

According to General Jazayeri, Iran’s mass production of a wide variety of military hardware products has made the ineffectiveness of tough US-led sanctions quite evident.

“The infrastructure of the country is totally different from that of 30 years ago and we have made enormous achievements in different spheres, some of which will be revealed to the world in the near future,” he further explained.

“The Islamic Republic’s primary focus is on establishing peace and justice, in adherence to Islamic principles,” he went on to say. “We hope for a world free from oppression and extremism.”
The US and Israel have been persistently making provocative military threats against Iran over its civilian nuclear energy program, in addition to their world-wide campaigns to impose variety of sanctions on Tehran.

Iran in turn maintains that as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has every right to pursue a peaceful nuclear program. It has repeatedly questioned Western indifference towards Israel’s nuclear activities and has called for a global abolition of all nuclear weaponry.