A top Iranian general on Aug. 21 said Tehran would deliver a devastating response to what he said was a “miscalculation” by the United States amid the Trump administration’s public discussion of new sweeping sanctions targeting the regime.
State-run media IRNA quoted Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi, the chief of staff of Iran’s military, as saying that Iran’s military would deliver “revolutionary, crushing, regret-inducing, and devastating responses,” adding that Iranian forces “maintain comprehensive, smart, and up-to-date readiness across all domains, including land, sea, air, air defense, space, and cyberspace.”
Iran’s readiness would come as a “deterrent power in the face of unjust sanctions” and “hostile actions,” he added….