Vice-speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Motahari has dispelled fears of a military conflict between the US and Iran, saying Washington would not risk attacking sincewith Israel is within the range of Tehran’s missiles.
“The US military forces’ deployment in the Persian Gulf is more of the nature of psychological warfare. They are not ready for a war, [e]specially when Israel is within our range”, the senior lawmaker said, as cited by the Iranian news agency Fars.
Motahari also called “to continue unity and resistance”, insisting that “the US will be forced to change its method after a while”.
As Radio Farda reports, citing the news agency ISNA, the leadership of the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have participated in a closed-door session of the Iranian Parliament to discuss the possibility of a conflict with the US.
At this session, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami pointed out that Washington’s behaviour showed that they were not interested in a war but had “simply created a psychological atmosphere about an imminent war”.
Salami, however, insisted that the Islamic Republic of Iran is “fully prepared for war”, adding that Tehran could “end the war in the region victoriously”.
