Iran an invincible power, any military option against it off the table: IRGC chief

The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran is now an invincible power, and that an any possible military option against the country is null and off the table.

"Today, the hypothesis about the possibility of war against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the (military) options on the table have been disproved," Major General Hossein Salami said in a meeting with the representatives of Basij (voluntary forces) in the Iranian universities on Sunday.

He said the proof of the impossibility of war is that Iran is proceeding with economic developments regardless of the political and military issues, and enthusiasm for investment in the country has grown to the highest level.

He added that Iran has turned into an invincible power in the world which is determined to achieve its goals.

The IRGC chief commander said the enemies have resorted to various policies and strategies to make Iran surrender and compromise, however, the Islamic Republic's independence has disrupted the global balance of power.

After Iran achieved a final victory in the eight-year imposed war in 1980-88, the enemies hatched various plots in different forms and models, he noted.

Salami emphasized that enemies' sanctions, cultural invasion, seditions and psychological media warfare against Iran continued but the country has managed to proceed down the path of progress.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Salami said Iran carried out its "honorable" retaliatory operation against Israel -- dubbed Operation True Promise -- in April knowing that it was countering "a political power beyond just the Israeli regime."

Many countries, including Britain, sought to dissuade Iran from carrying out the missile attack against Israel as they were all concerned about the regime, he added.

"However, we were prepared for all the enemy's possible scenarios and [ways] to overcome them. This is a sign of our power," the IRGC chief commander pointed out.

By conducting the military operation, he said, Iran managed to bring the war into the enemy's territory and overcome it.

On April 1, the Israeli regime carried out terrorist airstrikes on the consular section of Iran's embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus, which killed two IRGC generals, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, as well as five of their accompanying officers.

In retaliation, the IRGC targeted the occupied territories on April 13 with a barrage of drones and missiles. The retaliatory strikes inflicted damage on Israeli military bases across the occupied Palestinian territories.

Salami further said the American students are now echoing the Iranian nation's slogans emanating from Iran's rich culture and special position.

"Today our enemies, namely the Americans, the Zionists and parts of Europe are in isolation. They have been morally and politically degraded and their deeds go counter to their words," the commander emphasized.

However, Iran is recognized in the world as a respectful and independent country with a rich culture, Salami concluded.

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