Iran’s commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the southern province of Kerman, General Gholamali Abuhamzeh, said Friday in an address during a ceremony that “American and Zionist officials should suffer from stress, and wonder when and how Iran will exact revenge for the blood of General [Qassem] Soleimani,” according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
Arch-Terrorist Qassem Soleimani Assassinated
The late commander of the IRGC Quds Force was assassinated in an air strike by a US drone in the early hours of Friday in Iraq.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital (maritime) thoroughfare for the West, and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf,” Abuhamzeh pointed out in an oblique reference to past IRGC military projects.
Vital American targets in the Middle East were identified a long time ago, he claimed. “Thirty-five vital American positions in the region are within the reach of the Islamic Republic, and Tel Aviv – the US’ heart and life – is also within our reach,” he underlined.
Abuhamzeh said ‘Iran reserves the right to take revenge against the US’ for the assassination for Soleimani, echoing a vow by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who vowed “harsh revenge awaits the criminals behind the martyrdom” of the IRGC Quds Force commander.