Alwaght-A high ranking Iranian military commander says the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready for a military confrontation with the United States.
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri on Friday hit back at US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for her hawkish comments on Iran.
“Although the talk of 'all options against Iran being on the table' is a propaganda at the United States’ current conditions, the Islamic Iran is ready for decisive and crushing action against any American option,” Jazayeri said.
"Our nation and armed forces have never sought a war, but they have not neglected their defensive preparation for a moment," the commander said.
"In case the American military threats are implemented, they (Iranians) are ready to rid humanity of the evil of America's warmongering and hegemonic policies in a real and direct battle," he added.
Clinton reiterated her hawkish foreign policy at a speech in San Diego on Thursday, saying, “The world must understand that the United States will act decisively if necessary, including with military action, to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. In particular, Israel’s security is non-negotiable. They’re our closest ally in the region and we have a moral obligation to defend them.”
Jazayeri also took swipe at US President Barack Obama's remarks on Thursday when he said "in Syria, the suffering in the civil war has been heartbreaking to see a nation shattered, and hundreds of thousands killed and millions driven from their homes."
"The Americans have apparently forgotten that they are one of the legs fighting the war in Syria where through their all-inclusive support for ISIS and Tafkiri terrorists, they have put the oppressed Syrian people under the wreckage of their proxy wars for six years now," the Iranian commander said.
Jazayeri also denounced the American characterization of the conflict in Syria as a civil war, calling it a "propaganda stunt."
He said, "The so-called American coalition against ISIS has brought about nothing apart from providing an umbrella of support for transit of weapons, ammunition, mercenaries and hired terrorists in order to continue the war against the Syrian people and government."
