Addressing a group of Iranian Air Force university students on Monday, Salehi pointed to the ongoing developments in the Middle East region, and also anti-Iran rhetoric made by “bullying countries”, and said Army is well prepared to defend the country.
“The mighty army of the Islamic Iran enjoys the ability and power to show prompt response to any kind of unwise movement in the region, specially against our dear country of Iran,” Salehi underscored.
In similar remarks earlier this month, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari had reaffirmed that his forces are prepared to counter any foreign threat by having advanced technologies in their possession.
“Today, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has immense power with reliance on people and faith (in God), and by possessing very advanced technologies, it is ready to counter any foreign threat,” the top general said in a cultural conference held in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad.
He asserted that “defending the Islamic Revolution” is the main mission of the IRGC forces.