TEHRAN – Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said on Saturday that the Iranian Armed Forces has been and will be ready to respond to any “wickedness” by the Zionist regime of Israel or the U.S.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran increases its defense power in all areas according to its defense doctrine.
“And given defense obligations resulting from threats, and in order to support the resistance movement our Armed Forces has been and will be ready to respond to wickedness of the U.S. government and the Zionist regime of Israel,” Dehqan noted.

Dehqan said that the “criminal and killing face” of the U.S. and the Zionist regime of Israel has been revealed to the world.

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