US attacks on targets in southern Iran/Iranian Armed Forces General Staff: We will impose a heavy cost on the American enemy

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: Iranian media reported moments before the US attacks on the country's territory.

At the same time, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the attacks, which were carried out at 12 noon Eastern Time, were carried out in response to "recent Iranian attempts to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz as well as American military forces stationed in the region."

 

Simultaneously with the CENTCOM announcement, Iranian domestic news agencies and media reported the occurrence of multiple explosions in the southern regions. The Iranian Radio and Television reported that five explosions were heard around the village of Masan on Qeshm Island and four from the Strait of Hormuz. Local sources also reported that explosions were heard in the cities of Konarak, Chabahar, Bandar Abbas and Sirik. News sources reported that at least six explosions were heard in Konarak and eight explosions on the southern coast of Qeshm Island.

 

General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces: We will impose a heavy cost on the American enemy

 

Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced: In response to the US army’s air aggression on points in Sistan and Baluchestan and Hormozgan, the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will deal crushing and crushing blows to the evil and wicked American enemy.

 

The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces added: The more the US terrorist army insists on its evil in the region, the more and heavier the losses it must bear.

 

The statement of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces reads: "We have repeatedly declared and are determined that we will not under any circumstances compromise the rights of the heroic Iranian nation and will impose heavy costs on the American enemy."

 

These attacks are taking place while Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, had emphasized in a video interview hours ago that the Strait of Hormuz is in full control of the Iranian armed forces and that the United States "is trying to pass a few ships like thieves and smugglers, but is faced with resistance from the Iranian armed forces." These developments are taking place in a situation where tensions in the region have increased sharply in recent days and the situation in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz has become extremely critical.

 

US President Donald Trump, in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, claimed: "If Iran responds to the recent US attacks, it will not last!"

 

Repeating his previous policy of threats and retreat, the US president claimed: "If Iran retaliates, we will attack it with much greater force!"