Iran Press/Iran News: Major-General Mohammad Baqeri said on Thursday that the Iranian armed forces are watching out the US military moves in the Persian Gulf, IRNA reported.
''The new conditions of countering the US arrogant and pharaonic threat is inviting all the Iranians to enter the fields of jihad, full alert, and mobilize more power," Major-general Baqeri said.
He marked the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr on May 24, 1982, following a 19-month occupation by the Iraqi forces, during the eight-year of Iraqi imposed war against Iran in 1980s.
He said that the day of the liberation of Khorramshahr was recorded as 'the National Day of Resistance, Self-sacrifice and Victory' in the memory and history of Iran, which reminds of a great epical event that took place with the help of God and resistance to the enemy.
Reminiscing the event that happened 37-years ago could be instructive and aspiring for the youth, he added: "There is no doubt that the present time is one of the most important ones for the great Islamic civilization, and the model of freeing Khorramshahr is the only prescription for countering the excessive demands of the world arrogance and hegemony."
Tehran has said it will not be the initiator of any war, but reserves the right to self-defense and will give a crushing response to any act of aggression.
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