Addressing the National Congress for the Commemoration of the 24,000 Martyrs from Tehran on Wednesday, Major General Hossein Salami dismissed US threats against Iran amid heightened tensions over the death of three American forces, IRNA reports.
“We hear threatening words from American officials,” he said. “You have tested us and we know each other, we will not leave any threat unanswered.” “We are not looking for war, but we are not afraid of it either,” General Salami asserted.
Earlier Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has urged the US to stop using the language of threat, warning that the Islamic Republic would give a prompt and decisive response to threats.
Amirabdollahian’s remarks come on the heels of US threats to retaliate against a recent drone attack in a northeast Jordanian outpost that killed three American forces. Washington has blamed what it called Iran-backed groups for the attack.
