IRGC Second-in-command Warns: Don’t Even Think of Attacking Iran

By Staff, Agencies

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi warned the enemies that they would bitterly regret a decision to take military action against Iran.

Speaking to Tasnim on Saturday, Fadavi advised the adversaries not to even think of attacking Iran, because they would regret it greatly.

“The enemy has been testing the Islamic Republic of Iran for forty years, and must learn lessons from these tests,” the commander stated.

Highlighting the IRGC Navy’s growing power in the Strait of Hormuz, Fadavi said the world has admitted that the recent developments have strengthened the IRGC’s role in safeguarding the strait.

On July 19, the IRGC Navy captured a British oil tanker that had violated international maritime regulations when crossing the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf.

The British “Stena Impero” oil tanker had switched off its GPS locator, in contravention of international regulations, and was sailing into the Strait of Hormuz in a wrong traffic pattern.

In comments on Wednesday, Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi called on enemies to leave the region immediately or face a humiliating withdrawal.

Khanzadi also said foreign governments are wasting their resources and risking the lives of their servicemen by deploying forces to a region thousands of miles away from their maritime border.

The warning came after the US announced plans to create a new security initiative in the Gulf by forming a coalition for escorting commercial ships.

In remarks in 2016, Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei underlined that security of the Gulf region comes within the purview of the regional countries alone, and dismissed the US claim of seeking security in the region.