'We hope that enemies of the country will grasp that the IRGC will spare no efforts to defend its marine, land and airspace and will respond to all threats powerfully,' the Revolutionary Guards' navy
A senior Iranian politician has warned that his country would unleash a more powerful response should the United States repeat last week's alleged border violation.
He noted that Iran has not invaded a country since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ousted the pro-West monarchy and brought to power its current clerical leadership, arguing that the"U.S. government is the main cause behind the disruption of peace and security in the region and the whole world," as the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported.
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh , head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards aerospace division, speaks to media next to debris from a downed U.S. drone reportedly recovered within Iran's territorial waters and put on display in the capital Tehran, June 21. Hajizadeh claimed a P-8 Poseidon accompanied the drone, but he opted not to attack it because 35 people were on board.The U.S.
In response to the drone's destruction, Trump initially ordered strikes against targets in Iran, but suspended the command at the last minute, later explaining that he felt the estimated 150 casualties of such an operation was not"proportionate" to the loss of an unmanned surveillance craft. He instead opted for new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, targeting its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.between the two governments as the U.S.
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