The reported remarks come shortly after President Donald Trump called off a military strike on Iran in response to the downing of an American UAV earlier this week, just minutes before it was set to be launched upon learning that some 150 people would die in the attack.
An Iranian general warned on Saturday that any action against Tehran would have serious consequences for US interests in the region, the Tasnim News Agency reports.
“Firing one bullet towards Iran will set fire to the interests of America and its allies. Today, the situation in the region is to Iran's advantage. If the enemy – especially America and its allies in the region – make the military mistake of shooting the powder keg on which America's interests lie, the region will be set on fire”, armed forces general staff spokesman Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi told the news agency.
Shekarchi's stark warning follows a revelation by US President Donald that he stopped an operation against three sites in Iran 10 minutes before it was set to be carried out upon learning that some 150 Iranians would die in the attack.
His decision was made shortly after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that they had downed a US Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk spy drone flying over the coastal Hormozgan Province, claiming that it had violated the country's airspace. Meanwhile, the US Central Command said that the unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down while flying over international waters in the…
