The Iranian Armed Forces Chief\u00a0 of Staff Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi<\/p>\n
The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces has warned that Israel will receive a \u201charder slap in the face\u201d if it wages another act of aggression against the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking to Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen\u00a0TV channel on Wednesday, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi emphasized that the Iranian Armed Forces did not use all their capabilities in response to last month\u2019s Israeli-US assault.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Israeli regime suffered a heavy defeat in its recent aggression against Iran, and we warn that if it repeats any such mistake, it will get an even harder slap in the face from the Iranian nation and Armed Forces,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Mousavi also noted that the Israelis and their supporters have been gathering their strength for years to deal a blow to the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n Iran’s enemies are seeking to target the Islamic Republic and divide the country, using the nuclear issue as a pretext, he pointed out.<\/p>\n On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked aggression against Iran, assassinating many high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.<\/p>\n More than a week later, the United States also entered the war by bombing\u00a0three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave\u00a0violation of the United Nations Charter,\u00a0international law, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).<\/p>\n In response, the Iranian Armed Forces targeted strategic sites across the occupied territories as well as the\u00a0al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the\u00a0largest American military base in West Asia.<\/p>\n On June 24, Iran, through its successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the US, managed to impose a halt to the illegal assault.<\/p>\n The top general said the Israeli regime was forced to request a ceasefire so that it could reorganize its affairs.<\/p>\n “If we enter a new phase and the war becomes prolonged, the Israeli occupiers will witness Iran’s capabilities that have not yet been employed,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n Mousavi further stressed that Tehran will never give up on any of its fundamental principles, including\u00a0support for Palestine and its people.<\/p>\n