General Shekarchi said Iran will avoid taking any hasty action but will take tough revenge from the US, as the Iranian and regional nations besides the Leader of the Islamic Republic desire.

He reiterated that Iran will take tough revenge from the US, as the Iranian and regional nations besides the Leader of the Islamic Republic desire.

It is the Islamic Republic’s right to respond to assassination of General Soleimani by the US and will do that for sure, he noted.

“In case of [Iran-US] war or any confrontation, Americans will suffer severe damage and if they do any madness, Iran’s response would be tougher,” he said.

The Spokesperson elaborated that “Americans have taken an irreversible step.”

The United States terrorist forces assassinated General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) — better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi — in an attack at Baghdad’s international airport early on Friday. The Pentagon said in a statement that US President Donald Trump had ordered the attack.

General Soleimani’s body will be transferred to Iran on Monday to be buried in his hometown, Kerman.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran manufactures any required equipment to defend the country and will not ask for anybody’s permission in this regard,” Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi told IRNA on Sunday.

He went on to say that Iran has reached self-sufficiency in its defense sector and continues to play its role as a powerful country in both regional and global spheres.

The Islamic Republic maintains that its military power poses no threat to other countries and is based on its military doctrine of deterrence.

“We are announcing to the whole world that Iran’s message is not war and bloodshed but peace and friendship,” highlighted the senior military official.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s defense equipment, capabilities and power are developed for deterrence; [However,] if any ignorant country seeks aggression against this land, it will be given such a strong response that it will regret what it has done,” he added.

Iran is a defender of nations and countries and it is not like the United States which seeks aggression against others, Shekarchi noted.