Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has expressed the Islamic Republic’s preparedness to confront any potential threats against Iraq’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty.

Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi made the remarks at an event in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman.

Major General Baqeri says Operation Al-Aqsa Storm shattered the Israeli regime’s delusion of grandeur.

The spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces says the military presence of Western governments in West Asia is illegitimate, stressing that the United States must withdraw its troops from the strategic region and leave the Persian Gulf.

A senior Iranian commander says the United States’ hegemony and domination are to blame for the prolonged devastating war in Ukraine.

Iran's top general has warned that the country will ramp up its retaliatory attacks against terrorist groups in northern Iraq if Baghdad fails to abide by its obligations.

President Raeisi warns that any act of aggression against the Islamic Republic will draw a crushing response from Iranian armed forces.