{"id":15764,"date":"2019-09-22T00:15:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T19:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zameenihaqaiq.com\/?p=15764"},"modified":"2019-09-22T00:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T19:15:25","slug":"iran-says-it-will-destroy-any-aggressor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/article\/15764","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it will destroy any aggressor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DUBAI (Reuters) &#8211; Iran will pursue any aggressor, even it carries out a limited attack, and seek to destroy it, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, after attacks on Saudi oil sites which Riyadh and U.S officials blamed on Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SecPompeo<\/a> has it the other way around: <br><br>It&#39;s not <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Iran<\/a> that wishes to fight to the last American; rather, it is his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/B_Team?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#B_Team<\/a> hosts who seem to wish to fight Iran to the last American.<br><br>Iran has no desire for war, but we will, and always have, defend our people and our nation.<\/p>&mdash; Javad Zarif (@JZarif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JZarif\/status\/1174995150323560449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBe careful, a limited aggression will not remain limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will pursue any aggressor,\u201d the head of the Guards, Major General Hossein Salami, said in remarks broadcast on state TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are after punishment and we will continue until the full destruction of any aggressor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday approved sending American troops to bolster Saudi Arabia\u2019s air and missile defenses after the Sept. 14 attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran denies involvement in the attack, which was claimed by Yemen\u2019s Houthi movement, a group aligned with Iran and currently fighting a Saudi-led alliance in Yemen\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amirali Hajizadeh, who heads the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 aerospace branch, said any attacks on Iran would receive \u201ca crushing response\u201d, the official news agency IRNA reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hajizadeh was speaking at a public exposition called \u201cHunting Vultures\u201d, where remains of drones which were downed in Iran or crashed there were displayed, along with the Iranian air defense system which shot down a U.S. military drone in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exposition is part of annual events commemorating the start of the 1980-88 war with Iraq, which also includes air and naval displays in the Gulf and military parades on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran\u2019s foreign minister meanwhile denounced renewed U.S. sanctions against its central bank following the Saudi attacks as an attempt to deny ordinary Iranians access to food and medicine, and said the move was a sign of U.S. desperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States on Friday imposed more sanctions, targeting the Central Bank of Iran, which was already under U.S. sanctions, the National Development Fund of Iran &#8211; the country\u2019s sovereign wealth fund &#8211; and an Iranian company that U.S. officials say is used to conceal financial transfers for Iranian military purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a sign of U.S. desperation &#8230; When they repeatedly sanction the same institution, this means their attempt at bringing the Iranian nation to its knees under \u2018maximum pressure\u2019 has failed,\u201d Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters in remarks shown on state television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut this is dangerous and unacceptable as an attempt at blocking &#8230; the Iranian people\u2019s access to food and medicine,\u201d Zarif said, speaking after arriving in New York for the annual U.N. General Assembly next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi rejected what he called \u201cunreal and repetitious accusations by certain Saudi officials\u201d about the attacks, state media said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A senior Saudi official said earlier Riyadh would wait for the results of a probe before responding to the attacks on its oil facilities, for which it believes Iran is responsible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI (Reuters) &#8211; Iran will pursue any aggressor, even it carries out a limited attack, and seek to destroy it, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, after attacks on Saudi oil sites which Riyadh and U.S officials blamed on Tehran. \u201cBe careful, a limited aggression will not remain limited. 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