"Today, Iran has the upper hand in the equations and our enemies including the US, the Zionist regime and their puppet regimes in the region should know that the Iranian nation has prepared itself for the most dangerous scenarios of threats," Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) second-in-command Brigadier General Hossein Salami said on Tuesday.
The IRGC commander further said at the end of the Iraqi imposed war on Iran in the 1980s, enemies started an all-out war against the Islamic Republic in economic and political fields.
However, the Iranian nation proved that it cannot be defeated and is capable of protecting the country in the face of the enemies, Salami added.
He emphasized that Iran is currently a superpower in the region and said the Iranian people are not afraid of the US sanctions or its military aggression.
Salami's comments came a day after Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri warned that the Islamic Republic would give a proportionate response to the enemy's slightest aggression against the country.
US President Donald Trump said he would announce a decision on the future of the Iran nuclear deal at 2 p.m. ET Tuesday.
Iranian leaders, however, have repeatedly stressed that the JCPOA is non-negotiable and dismissed the possibility of continuing with the agreement solely with America's European allies.
Since the accord between Iran and the six world powers was signed in Vienna in July 2015, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly confirmed Iran’s compliance with its commitments.
