Iran threatens US with missile strike for new sanctions

Iran could launch a missile strike on the US military in the region in the event of new sanctions against Tehran

This was stated by the head of the Iranian Bodyguard of the Islamic Revolution Mohammad Ali Jafari, reports Radio Liberty .

"If new sanctions come into force, the United States must transfer its regional bases within a radius of 2 thousand kilometers from Iran to a range of Iranian missiles," Jafari said.

The words of the Iranian general were handed over to Iran's official news agency IRNA.

Jafari added that if the United States calls the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist group, he will consider the US Army as a terrorist.

Earlier, Mohammad Ali Jafari has already called on Washington to move its bases in the Persian Gulf region to 1 thousand kilometers from Iran.

The Guard Corps of the Islamic Revolution is an elite Iranian military-political unit, established in 1979 from the paramilitary units of the Islamic revolutionary committees - the supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini. Participated in the Iran-Iraq war and the creation of Hizballah.

The US armed forces currently have bases in neighboring countries of the region 800 km from the borders of Iran.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump accused Iran of supporting the DPRK.

espreso.tv , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою