Iran stretches security border to East Mediterranean: IRGC cmdr.

A senior Iranian military commander has downplayed the enemies’ threats against the Islamic Republic, saying the country has stretched its security borders to the East Mediterranean.

“We have extended our security borders to the East Mediterranean and their (the enemies’) deceptive ploys failed to stop our movement,” Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami said.

He underlined that the enemy knows well that it will vanish if it launches a military strike against Iran.

The US, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program, with the Israeli regime repeatedly threatening to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities based on the unfounded allegation.

Iran rejects the allegation over its nuclear energy program, arguing that as a committed signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has every right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

Salami said that the enemies intend to deprive Iran of its nuclear capability but the country’s economic achievements have rendered their plots ineffective.

“Today, despite sanctions, economic pressures, psychological warfare and cultural invasion, Islamic Iran is advancing, and the people of this land will not allow the enemy to rejoice in exerting pressure,” the IRGC commander pointed out.

He noted that Iran would achieve victory against the enemies under the guidelines of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Iranian officials have promised a crushing response to any military strike against the country, warning that any such measure could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East.