He made the remarks on Fri. in a local ceremony in southern Bushehr province and said, “today, we all are committed to defend Islam by all our means, honoring Muslims and liberating them from the slavery of modern ignorance.”

Turning to the animosity of the United States and its allies against the Islamic Revolution and the Establishment, he emphasized, “Iran is the only country that US considers its lost credibility in negotiating with Iranian officials.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, IRGC chief commander pointed to the US initial 12 prerequisites for negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran and stated, “today, we can observe that US is much smaller than seen in psychological operations.”

Today, Islamic Republic of Iran owns high power and strength in the international arena and is the source of producing power, Salami stated.

“We are committed to defend the country, because, we are confident that victory and sovereignty of the noble nation of Islamic Iran will be the result of this resistance.”

Chief Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami added, “today, political interaction of the world with the Islamic Republic of Iran is a sign of honor and a wish for US officials. All the aspirations of the President of the United States are a few minutes of talk with one of Iranian officials.”

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“We should understand this fact that we need to resist because our economic and defense power and our dignity depends on resistance against enemy’s threats,” he added.

IRGC’s first-in-command highlighted that the more enemies put pressure on Iran, the more Iranian people used them as opportunities for getting stronger.

Tensions initially built up between US and Iran after President Trump withdrew Washington from the 2015 Nuclear Deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and imposed severe sanctions against Tehran. Trump administration insists that they are ready for talks with Iran but Tehran says it will resist in face of all pressures and that there will be no talks with Washington unless they come back to the JCPOA and remove all the sanctions. US claims for talks proved to be more empty after Trump administration imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who is in charge of the country’s foreign policy and head of any possible negotiation.

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“Today’s border security is redline of Iranian Armed Forces,” he highlighted.

Earlier in the day, Commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Defense Force Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi Fard warned enemies of making any mistakes in the region. “Currently neither our equipment nor our experience can be compared to those during Sacred Defense years [Iraqi imposed war on Iran]; so enemies should be careful not to make any mistakes,” he said on Wednesday while paying a visit to air defense bases in southern Iran.

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He highlighted the role of the IRGC in propelling the Islamic Revolution’s ideals saying, “The forty years of grandeur and pride have been created thanks to the blood of the martyrs.”

The top commander described the uniform of the IRGC as “the holiest uniform that we know throughout history ” since thousands of those who were among the best servants of God have been martyred in this uniform.

Brigadier General Fadavi’s remarks came against amid the growing tensions between Iran and the US after, especially the IRGC shot down an advanced US spy drone that had violated Iran’s territorial waters.

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The IRGC spokesman added the British tanker was confiscated by the Revolutionary Guards at the request of southern province of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Organization.

Sharif also noted that the tanker had switched off its GPS tracker in violations of international maritime regulations, using the exit lane to enter into the Strait of Hormuz instead of moving towards the entrance of the Persian Gulf, increasing the risk of accident.

He added that a British warship tried to prevent the IRGC forces to carry out their mission with flying two helicopters, but later failed to do so as a result of the decisiveness and agility of the IRGC rangers.

The spokesman also underlined that the vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz need to precisely observe international regulations to guarantee the security and peace in the strategic waterway.

Sharif further noted that the IRGC, along with other armed forces, on behalf of the Iranian nation, will act decisively in carrying out current international laws and exercising national sovereignty over territorial waters in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

He added that the Iranian armed forces will not allow anyone to endanger the Iranian national interests as well as the security of the region.

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He went on to say that downing of the intruding US Global Hawk drone proved the grandeur of Islamic Revolution defense achievements, noting, “the enemy sees this and doesn’t say a word so as not to lose the game.”

Back in June, a US spy drone intruded into Iranian airspace, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps brought it down after the drone ignored Iran’s several warnings, using home-made air defense systems. IRGC says there was another intruding US manned plane beside the Global Hawk but the force ‘refrained’ from targeting it; this was later confirmed by Presiden Trump as he ‘appreciated’ Iran for not shooting the manned plane.

In comments made a few hours after the incident, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami said the shooting down of the US aircraft had a straightforward message that any foreign intrusion into Iran’s sovereign territories would draw a crushing response. “Borders are our red line, and any enemy violating these borders will not go back,” the commander underlined.

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UK is supposed to leave the European Union within four months and in Britain, the top conservative party members seem inclined to get closer to U.S. and drift apart from other European countries.

In addition, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, who are likely to replace Teresa May as Britain’s next prime minister, both have taken a quite aggressive stand against Iran, a policy that seems closer to that of Donald Trump’s rather than to the leaders of other European countries.

It would have made much more sense if UK had seized the ship for carrying weapons, but it was merely carrying oil for the 17 million Syrians who are having a fuel crisis and have to stand in fuel stations for several hours before getting a little fuel. Blocking transportation of oil to Syria is an obvious violation of human rights and is against all moral values; specially because the sanctions against transferring oil to Syria are unilateral ones and are not approved by the United Nations.

On the other hand, it is quite surprising that US and other western countries who send their fighter jets to Syria and Iraq as part of their so called “coalition against terrorism” can spot a fly in Syria’s sky but they never seem to notice the tons of oil that ISIS is moving around.

The Syrian nation have to suffer under a cruel siege conducted by Europeans. Posing these sanctions on Syria and preventing the fuel from getting into the country shows the depth of Europeans’ hypocrisy and unveils the true face behind all their seemingly humanitarian gestures.

Continuing this blockage means that either more Syrians travel to European countries to get rid of the siege, or they start to bear more grudge against the countries that have laid the siege. Therefore, saying that seizing the ship was in breach of European sanctions against Damascus is only a pretext.

On the other hand, the sanctions against Damascus is imposed by the European Union and US, not the UN, so other countries don’t have to observe these sanctions; therefore Iran has done nothing wrong because the EU and US are not allowed to force other countries into following these sanctions; the sanctions are supposed to be followed by the countries who have imposed them, not others, so Iran has not done anything against the international law.

Following the blatant stealing of the Iranian oil tanker in international waters, the UK ambassador to Iran, Robert Macaire was summoned to Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday, July fourth.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the seizure of the oil tanker, saying that UK has obviously seized the tanker under US orders and asked for the immediate release of the tanker.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced that seizing the oil tanker was the same as stealing because the sanctions imposed by UK or the European Union do not apply to other countries and UK was not allowed to force them on Iran. This is US bullying other countries, something that European countries had long protested.

Over the meeting, all the documents that showed the movement of the tanker and the goods it carried where completely legal were handed to the UK ambassador.

Iran also announced that it will use all of its legal capacities to release the tanker and ensure that the country’s rights are safeguarded.

The UK ambassador to Tehran said that he will inform London immediately, underlining that UK does not abide by US unilateral sanctions against Iran.

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The remarks came as IRGC air defense brought down a US Global Hawk spy drone on Thursday, near the Strait of Hormuz, after the drone intruded into Iranian airspace. Iran later revealed sections of the US drone wreckage retrieved from Iranian waters; a proof which dismissed US claim that the drone was operating in international waters. Meanwhile, Iran has said it will take the case to the United Nations to prove US’s lies.

“The US measure was in violation of international law and we acted according to our legitimate duty,” Hajizadeh said, adding, “it is possible that a US general or some operators were behind this American aggression, we don’t know that. But that measure [intruding into Iranian airspace] is a violation of international aviation rules by a spy drone which then received our natural response.”

“Our response to anything trespassing Iranian territory is like this, and if such acts of aggression are repeated, our response will also be the same.”

“We don’t embrace war but we are ready to fully defend the country,” the IRGC top commander highlighted.

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Maj. Gen. Salami added that “the enemies seek to eliminate our power through negotiations, so that they can hit us whenever they wish. We have been able to withstand their attack with our strength; we must have the power to put reciprocal pressure against the enemy.”

“We are safe when we are powerful,” the IRGC chief commander noted.

“Twelve years ago… we were looking for a way to put an end to the US carriers capable of carrying warplanes. Only ballistic missiles could do so because cruise missiles were vulnerable due to their speed and low-altitude flight while ballistic missiles could hit the target at a faster speed than supersonic flight and would be difficult to be hit by anti-missile defense.” he added.

“15 years ago this was a dream…while one day we could successfully test fire the missile and we put a target as big as two third of a carrier. The missile precisely hit the target… we were able to change the balance of power…” he later noted.

The top IRGC commander added that Iran has beaten the enemy in the realm of political philosophy because their political philosophy is to loot the other countries’ wealth.

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June 4 is the day when the Iranian nation will express readiness to continue their resistance in the face of enemies’ pressures, especially the ‘Pharaonic and dictator regime’ of US, notes the statement.

The nation proves that it will not surrender to oppressive sanctions and the maximum pressure policy of the enemy; rather, it will come out of this sensitive point in history victoriously, the statement adds.

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