Iran Revolutionary Guard Leader: 'The Revolutionary Guards have identified all the weak points of the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan'

Above: Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. The Revolutionary Guard is a special part of the Iranian forces, originally tasked with protecting Iran's theocratic leaders. They now consitute a paramilitary force apart from the regular military, and include their own naval forces.

The new head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned the United States Tuesday that Teheran has identified its ‘weak points’ in Iraq and Afghanistan and would launch a crushing response to any attack.

The comments by Mohammad Ali Jaafari, appointed head of the elite force by the supreme leader just 10 days ago, come amid mounting tensions between Teheran and Washington over Iran’s controversial nuclear drive and its role in Iraq.

‘The Revolutionary Guards have identified all the weak points of the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan and based on this have consolidated the defensive capabilities of the country,’ General Jaafari said.

‘And if the enemy wants to take any impudent action the Islamic republic will for sure give a decisive and teeth-breaking response,’ he said, according to state broadcasting.

Jaafari did not explicitly say that Iran would strike the US ‘weak points’ if attacked but Teheran has always warned of a tough response to any aggression while insisting it would never initiate an attack.

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