The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Pakpour, issued a warning Thursday, saying, "Our finger is on the trigger, and we warn the US and the Zionist entity against making any miscalculation."
Pakpour said the enemy "must learn lessons from the past so as not to face an even more painful fate. We are more prepared than ever and ready to carry out the orders of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, to the armed forces."
According to Pakpour, "Iranian forces are at the highest level of vigilance and readiness for any scenario that may occur. Tehran will not hesitate to defend its interests and its security." He warned that "Tehran is ready to respond immediately in any situation in which an act of folly or a miscalculation is carried out by Washington or Tel Aviv."
Abu al-Fadl Shekarchi, spokesman for Iran's armed forces, also issued a threat, saying, "Trump knows that if the hand of aggression expands, we will not stand idly by. We will set their world ablaze and leave them no safe haven in the region."
The statements come against the backdrop of the brutal suppression of protests in Iran and the deployment of US forces to the Middle East, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
