Iran20 September, 20263 min read
Iran’s Army Navy Commander Shahram Irani Vows Decisive Response To Any Aggression
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Shahram Irani vowed readiness to defend Iran's national interests in any battlefield. Will not back down against aggression from the US, Israel and allies.
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Sacred Defense Week Message
Iran’s Army Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani used Sacred Defense Week to say the Army Navy Force is ready to defend the national interests and dignity of the Islamic Iran “in any battlefield and at any time.” Iran’s message framed Sacred Defense Week as “a symbol of the resilience of a nation that did not bow to oppression,” and it tied the commemoration to the “war of Ramadan” and “the defense against the brutal aggression of the American Zionist enemy.” Iran’s military leadership also described the 31st of Shahrivar, September 22, as the start of the annual commemoration of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, and it said the armed forces will not back down in protecting Iran’s territorial integrity.
Iran’s Army Commander Major General Amir Hatami told Mehr News Agency that “the armed forces will not waver a moment in defending Iran’s noble independence,” and he said any aggression targeting Iran’s Islamic security and territorial integrity will be met with a decisive response. Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff and the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said the armed forces will not retreat “one iota” from defending Iran’s territorial integrity and national interests against enemies.
Warnings of Further Defeats
Iran’s military leaders issued a warning that foreign aggressors will face “more defeats” if they challenge the country, and the joint statement claimed Iran forced the US and Israel to submit. Iran’s joint statement said “All the warriors of Islam in the army, the IRGC, the Ministry of Defence, theFarajandBasij, and the border guards of the country, will not back down,” and it vowed that aggressors will “taste the bitter taste of further defeats.” Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff and the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters also vowed that the armed forces will make the United States, Israel and their allies “taste the bitter flavor of further defeats.”
Iran’s Army Commander Major General Amir Hatami said the armed forces will not hesitate for a moment to defend “independence, security and territorial integrity,” and he framed the message around the beginning of Sacred Defense Week on the thirty-first day of Shahrivar. Iran’s statements linked the warnings to recent regional instability after Houthi missile and drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, and the US issued security warnings to Americans across several countries in West Asia.
Defense Readiness and Stakes
Iran’s messages tied readiness to defending “land, maritime, and aerial borders,” and Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said the armed forces will maintain and reinforce readiness with “all their might.” Iran’s statements also described the armed forces as prepared to confront “hybrid, economic, cognitive and media warfare,” and they said the Iranian people would withstand those pressures by relying on national capabilities and faith. Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff and the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said Iran’s experiences of the eight-year Sacred Defense laid the foundations for “defensive strength and a strong Iran,” and they said the Iranian people would withstand the enemy’s “combined attacks.”
Iran’s messages asserted that Iran’s armed forces have “changed the security equations,” including through “management of the Strait of Hormuz through "Iranian arrangements,"” and through damage to the military-security infrastructure and strategic interests of the United States and Israel. Iran’s statements concluded by assuring the Iranian public that personnel from the Army, IRGC, Ministry of Defense, FARAJA, Basij and border forces “will not back down” from defending national interests, people’s rights and Iran’s territorial integrity.