IRGC Commander: Iran to Give Crushing Response to Enemy’s Aggression

(FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari underlined that the Iranian nation will give the most crushing response to any possible aggression by the enemies.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview in Geneva on Thursday that the military option was still on the table if Iran did not live up to its nuclear commitments under the Geneva deal.

"You could never understand the extent of the invasive capacity of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Major General Jafari stressed on Saturday.

"Mr. Kerry must know that direct battle with the US is the biggest dream of pious and revolutionary people across the world. Your threats offer our revolutionary people the best opportunity,” Jafari underlined.

He added that “wise politicians” in the United States are unlikely to let the “ridiculous military option” remain on the table.

On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said that Kerry's recent remarks against Iran are clear breach of the international law and the UN charter.

"These statements (by Kerry) are for consumption of a group of audience of a specific media in the region, but in the meantime it is the violation of international law and the charter of the United Nations," Afkham underlined.

On Friday, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces for Cultural Affairs and Defense Publicity Brigadier General Massoud Jazzayeri downplayed the US and its allies' war rhetoric against Iran, and said they don't dare to attack Iran because they have no hope of victory in such a war.

In response to Kerry's comments, the senior Iranian commander said that the US government knows that the military option against Iran is not practical.

The United States has long stressed that military action is a main option for the White House to deter Iran's progress in the field of nuclear technology.

Iran has warned that in case of an attack by either the US or Israel, it will target 32 American bases in the Middle-East and close the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

An estimated 40 percent of the world's oil supply passes through the waterway.