Tehran:
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Tuesday that “a little bit motion” by Israel towards his nation would result in “the destruction of Haifa and Tel Aviv.”
Speaking at an Armed Forces Day parade within the capital Tehran, Israel mentioned the message from the Iranian army comes as tensions between the archenemies proceed to rise following the killing of Iranian army advisers in current airstrikes in Syria. He mentioned he acquired it.
Surrounded by prime army commanders, Raisi mentioned the message of Iran’s National Day, which is widely known on April 18 yearly, is “a message of peace and friendship to the nations of the area.”
But he hastened so as to add that “extra-regional forces,” particularly referring to American forces, “ought to be withdrawn from the area as quickly as doable,” saying their presence “endangers regional safety.”
During the parade, Iran’s military, navy and air drive displayed indigenous tools resembling fighter jets, helicopters, air protection methods and drones.
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This 12 months’s army parade comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and each the United States and Israel, together with an deadlock in negotiations on the 2015 nuclear deal and up to date assaults on Syria.
Two members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had been killed in an Israeli airstrike close to Damascus late final evening, after which Iran vowed a “agency and decisive response”.
Tensions between Iran and the United States are additionally rising amid the battle over the Iran nuclear deal.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Qanani informed a weekly information convention in Tehran on Monday that the United States is “not a superpower” and that “the unipolar world is over.”