Iran warns enemies: Any attack will be met with firm response at origin
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Soldiers from the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Force are seen during a military parade. (File photo by ISNA)
The General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces has warned enemies, especially the US and Israel, against making any mistake in dealing with the Islamic Republic, saying any attack against the country will be responded firmly at its origin.
According to Press TV, the General Staff of the Armed Forces issued the warning in a Wednesday statement on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of the 2009 nationwide pro-establishment rallies on the ninth of the Persian calendar month of Dey, which falls on December 30, and the martyrdom anniversary of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, former Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, who was assassinated in a US drone strike on January 3, 2020 near the Baghdad International Airport.
It said the Dey 9 Epic and the upcoming anniversary of General Soleimani's assassination is a good opportunity to raise awareness and confront a host of conspiracies hatched by enemies in their “hybrid media warfare” against the Islamic Republic.
It noted that the enemies hatched different military, economic, cultural, social, political and terrorist plots against Iran over the past four decades.
In 2009, the statement added, foreign enemies and a group of deceived people inside the country hatched a complicated plot by making election fraud claims in order to overthrow the Islamic establishment, but the faithful and wise Iranian people foiled the plot through the historic mass rallies later that year.
It said the Dey 9 Epic and the martyrdom anniversary of Lt. General Soleimani are proper opportunities to shed light on the evil acts of the United States and the Israeli regime and to improve national convergence by clarifying the great achievements of the Islamic Revolution.
The million-strong 2009 rallies restored tranquility to the country after months of political wrangling and foreign-backed riots, and ended what the Iranian authorities described as sedition ensuing the presidential election in June that year.
During the riots, a group of demonstrators offended the sanctities of the Iranian people on the day of Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shias' Imam and grandson of Prophet Muhammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
The statement further pointed to the recent riots in Iran and emphasized that the enemies’ main strategy was to wage a media and cognitive war in order to influence the Iranian youths.
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