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Fars News Agency :: Iranian Army Warns Enemy of All-Inclusive, Crushing Response to Aggression.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Army in a statement on Wednesday warned enemies to avoid threatening Iran, reiterating that any aggression against the country will be reciprocated with a crushing response.

“The Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran … declares that, in obedience to Muslims’ Leader and Commander-in-Chief Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the Army, along with other armed forces, is monitoring all the internal and external moves of the enemies with maximum strength and power and will give an all-around and crushing response to any hard and soft threat of the enemies,” the Army said in a statement on the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week.

September 21 is the start of the Sacred Defense Week in Iran which marks the anniversary of the beginning of Iraq’s imposed war against the country in 1980.

Israel and its close ally the United States accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon, while they have never presented any corroborative document to substantiate their allegations. Both Washington and Tel Aviv possess advanced weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear warheads.

Iran vehemently denies the charges, insisting that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.

Both Israel and the US have recently intensified rhetoric against Iran, saying an attack on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear site is impending.

Iran has, in return, warned that it would target Israel and its worldwide interests in case it comes under attack by the Tel Aviv.

Iran has also warned that it could close the strategic Strait of Hormuz if it became the target of a military attack over its nuclear program.

Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the strategic Persian Gulf waterway, is a major oil shipping route.

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