DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES
Iran warns US of military retaliation
Dubai — The US should expect a "strong slap in the face" if it underestimates Iran’s defensive capabilities, a commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday, as Tehran concluded war games. Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has pledged to get tough with Iran, warning the Islamic Republic after its ballistic missile test on January 29 that it was playing with fire. "The enemy should not be mistaken in its assessments and it will receive a strong slap in the face if it does make such a mistake," said Gen Mohammad Pakpour, head of the Guards’ ground forces, quoted by the Guards’ website Sepahnews. On Wednesday, the Revolutionary Guards concluded three days of exercises with rockets, artillery, tanks and helicopters, weeks after Trump warned that he had put Tehran "on notice" over the missile launch. "The message of these exercises ... for world arrogance is not to do anything stupid," said Pakpour, quoted by the semi-official news agency Tasnim. A...
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