The acting commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has warned that Israel will "definitely" face fierce retaliation if it attacks Iranian nuclear sites.
The remarks by General Hossein Salami appear to be part of Iranian efforts to portray any strike against it as the trigger for a regional conflict that could draw in Iranian proxies on Israel’s borders, such as Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.
Salami was speaking on the sidelines of urban combat drills in Tehran by some 15,000 paramilitary fighters, who are controlled by the Revolutionary Guard. The exercises were dubbed "Toward the Holy City", meaning Jerusalem.
The war games include drills on defending against mock air raids and other threats.
中国公共新闻摘编:GAN JADE |