29 Mar 2024
Monday 30 April 2018 - 16:18
Story Code : 303211

IRGC deputy chief: Missiles Iran's main defensive asset

Press TV- Deputy commander of theIslamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has describedmissiles as Iran's"main defensive asset" and therefore indispensable to its military might.


Brigadier General Hossein Salami's remarks came on the sidelines of a gathering at the Supreme National Defense University in Tehran Monday amida US-led push to contain Iran's missile capability.

"Missiles are among the defensive assets and main deterrent elements of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and we can never accept to disarm ourselves of our deterrent capability," Salami said.


[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps[/caption]
The commander also touched on US Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo's remarksduring his Sunday visit to Saudi Arabia and Israel where he accused Iran of destabilizing the Middle East.

"Today, it isthe Islamic Republic of Iran which is putting an end to terrorism in the region, but the United States wants to create an element of threat out of Iran for Arab countries in order to manufacture a philosophy for its presence in the region," he said.

According to the commander, US strategy in West Asia and the Persian Gulf region is tocreate"a security riddle and a balance of power."

"The United States, in order to maintain its dominance over Arab governments and to create a permanent need for its presence in the Persian Gulf littoral states and West Asia, is manufacturing thissecurity riddle," Salami said.

"Under this formula, theAmericans consider the Islamic Republic of Iran as a threat and falsely present Iran as a sponsor of terrorists.This is while the entire world knows that Iran today is on the front line of fighting terrorism," Salami added.

He pointed out that Iran helped end Daesh's reign in the region with"prudence and reflection" and supportedSyria and Iraq to defeat the terrorist outfit.

Salami said Iran'sactions are within the framework of international rules and regulations, adding the country hasnever threatened any country and has always respected the territorial integrity of other nations instead.

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