The Iranian armed forces pursue the goal of boosting defense capacities and enhancing the country’s deterrent capabilities to counter threats, the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
It also underscored the Iranian armed forces' "intelligence dominance" over the enemies' situation and moves, noting that any threat will draw a proportional response from Iran that will make the foes regret it.
The statement was issued on the occasion of the anniversary of liberation of Khorramshahr, a city in southwestern Iran, which had been occupied by the Iraq's Baathist army in the early 1980s.
The strategic city was recaptured by the Iranian armed forces in May 1982.