Head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards: "If enemy makes any mistake, we will respond forcefully as we did in recent days"
The Commander-in-Chief of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Mohammad Pakpour, affirmed on Wednesday that if the enemy commits any mistake, Iran will respond forcefully, as it has over the past 12 days.
The Iranian Mehr News Agency quoted Major General Pakpour as saying, "We will not hesitate for a moment to defend our homeland, and all our forces are fully prepared."
He added, "We have never trusted this savage enemy, nor will we ever, and we will not hesitate for a moment to defend this nation."
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