If Iran attacked it will teach U.S. how to fight: defense minister

If Iran attacked it will teach U.S. how to fight: defense minister

BUSHEHR – Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said that if the United States attacks Iran, the Iranian Armed Forces will teach it “how to fight and (make it) realize what fighting and a razmandeh (true combatant) mean”. 

 

It the enemy attacks Iran, it must be ready to answer some questions such as how long it can fight against the Islamic Republic and “how much it is ready to watch the sinking of its warships and ships,” Vahidi told a parade of 50 thousand revolutionary devotees of the Muslim world in the southwestern city of Bushehr on Sunday. 

The defense minister said that the U.S. should not think that it can wage a war against Iran as it did in Iraq and Afghanistan, adding that in Iraq, Saddam Hussein “retreated” and, in Afghanistan, there was “no one to fight”. 

“(But) in Vietnam, everyone noticed what happened to them,” Vahidi said in an indirect reference to the Vietnam War in which the U.S. army got bogged down in a quagmire. 

He said that since the end of the World War II in 1945, the U.S. army has conducted about 100 military operations, but it has not been engaged in a full-fledged war during this period to show how they can fight, but the Iranian troops are “armed with the weapon of faith and are different from others.” 

Commenting on the recent military threats issued by the Zionist regime against Tehran, Vahidi said that if Israel tries to carry out its threats against Iran, the Basiji warriors will “take revenge on this regime” for its years of atrocities against “oppressed nations”.  

He said, “The Zionist regime has not yet paid the price” for the massacres it committed in Sabra and Shatila and the Gaza Strip, and, if this regime attacks Iran, the Islamic Republic will take revenge for those crimes. 

“Why does the Zionist regime issue such threats? For how many missiles has it readied itself: 10 thousands, 20 thousands, 50 thousands, 100 thousands, 150 thousands, or more?” 

If Israel attacks Iran, “the Basijis will not even give Israel the time to breathe.” 

Message of parade is preparedness to defense country

Vahidi also commemorated the Basij Week and said that the message of the parade across the Persian Gulf waters is to prove that the Iranian people are ready to defend every inch of their land.