Iran ready to deliver ‘devastating’ response to any new aggression: IRGC

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iranian Armed Forces stand ready to deliver a “devastating and hellish” response to the enemy if it wages a new war of aggression against the country.

The IRGC General Command issued a message on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the liberation of the strategic Iranian port city of Khorramshahr on May 24, 1982, after 578 days of Iraqi occupation during the eight-year imposed war on Iran.

It said 44 years after the Khorramshahr historic epic, the Iranian nation once again emerged victorious after 40 days of resistance and retaliation in the third imposed war that caused the enemy to humiliatingly request a ceasefire.

“The country's powerful Armed Forces are at their highest level of readiness and active deterrence in all missile, air, naval, land, space, and cyber dimensions. Therefore, it is obvious that any renewed aggression by the enemy will result in a devastating and hellish response at the regional and extra-regional level,” it added.

Iran has witnessed three imposed wars over the past years, including the 1980s’ Iraq war, and two US-Israeli illegal acts of aggression, namely the 12-day one in June 2025 and this year’s 40-day one. The latest military assault against the country began on February 28 and stopped under a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire on April 8.‌

The IRGC General Command said that during the third imposed war, the Armed Forces’ crushing response, backed by the people’s presence on the scene, shattered the enemy’s dreams and thwarted its evil plots.

It also described reliance on internal strength and active deterrence as the lesson learnt from the Khorramshahr liberation.

Iran’s nuclear, missile, defensive, and offensive advances have forced the enemy to recalculate its approach, it asserted.

At the time of ongoing negotiations aimed at ending the war, the Iranian nation will neutralize conspiracies by maintaining and strengthening national unity and insight, and monitoring the enemy’s positions and behavior, the IRGC General Command noted.

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