"All of the military positions of the Zionist regime are within the range of Iran's fire," Revolutionary Guards Commander Gen. Hossein Salami warned on Tuesday, saying a strike against Israel may not necessarily come from Iran soil.
"We give a warning to Israelis to care about their acts of mischief. They are far smaller than the Americans, much smaller and much more impotent by our calculations," Salami said in an interview with the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Mayadeen TV.
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The Lebanon-based Shiite terrorist group is Iran's chief proxy in the Middle East. Iran invests heavily in arming Hezbollah, using it to attack Israel as well as to tighten its grip on Beirut, where the group wields considerable political power, as it all but controls parliament.
Salami stressed that "the whole positions occupied by the Israeli regime are within the range of the IRGC's fire … The source of such fire is not confined to Iran alone.
"Today, the Israeli regime is hearing the voice of Muslim people from different countries next to the borders of the occupied territories," he continued, according to the Iran Front Page website. "Strong capacities have been shaped for the decline of the Zionist regime, but the conditions are not still prepared for its final downfall."
Israel, he advised, should not rely on the US for assistance, as "nobody has gained results from trusting Americans."
Iran is "fully prepared to take counteraction against them [Israel]. We have both the determination and the capability to do so. Thus, both the Americans and the Israelis must know that Iran is the land of harsh and calculated responses to whatever invader on whatever scale," he said.
Iran is more than ready to hit Israeli and American interests if they "overstep," he declared.
"The main goals generally revolve around the collapse and decline of the Zionist regime as well as ending the US presence in the region and the complete defeat of the US policies," he said.
Also on Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei claimed "wealthy Zionists" control America.
America has reached the "peak of arrogance," and it is controlled by "corporate owners," which makes it a "manifestation of oppression, abhorred by the world," he said in a tweet.
