[Since the General sets the example for the rest of the military...why should any nation fear Iran...I doubt he could run around the block without having a heart attack...maybe we should embargo fast food to Iran...he would cave really~really fast...lol]
Tehran (AFP) - Armed forces chief
of staff General Hassan Firouzabadi has warned the Islamic republic's
arch-foes that Iran is prepared for a "decisive battle" if attacked,
Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.
"We are ready for the decisive battle with America and the Zionist regime (Israel)," Fars quoted Firouzabadi as saying.
He also warned neighbouring nations not to allow any attack to be launched on Iran from their soil.
"We
do not have any hostility towards regional states, but if we are ever
attacked from the American bases in the region we will strike that area
back," he said.
Washington has many military
bases in the region, including in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab
Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
US
Secretary of State John Kerry said late last month that if diplomacy
with Iran fails, "the military option of the United States is ready and
prepared to do what it would have to do".
But Firouzabadi accused the US of bluffing.
"Over
the past decade, they brought their forces but came to the conclusion
that they can't attack us and left," he said, dismissing the US military
threat as nothing but a "political bluff".
President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday the West should not have and delusions about using a military option.
"I say explicitly, if some have
delusions of having any threats against Iran on their tables, they need
to wear new glasses. There is no military option against Iran on any
table in the world," he said.
Iran
is due to resume talks on Monday in Vienna with the P5+1 -- Britain,
France, the United States, Russia and China plus Germany -- aimed at
reaching a comprehensive nuclear accord following a landmark interim
agreement struck in November.
Western
nations have long suspected Iran of covertly pursuing nuclear weapons
alongside its civilian programme, allegations denied by Tehran which
insists its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful.
Neither
the United States nor Israel has ruled out military action to prevent
Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, if diplomacy fails.
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