'The General Staff will spare no effort in supporting the IRGC’s counter-terrorism measures in fighting the terrorist CENTCOM,' Iran's top military council said.
Iran and its regional allies have vowed to support its Revolutionary Guards against the United States, which has labeled the elite military branch a terrorist organization.
The statement also denounced"criminal and bloodthirsty America's adventuristic actions in the region over the past several decades" as well as its support for Israel and, allegedly, the Islamic State militant group , Al-Qaeda and other jihadi forces. The harsh words came amid a number of other high-profile moves in support of the Revolutionary Guards in recent days.
He warned:"U.S. officials wishfully plot against the IRGC and actually against the Islamic Revolution and maneuver mischief. Undoubtedly, such ferocities won’t get them anywhere. Their vice and deceit will return boomerang on them, leading the enemies of the Islamic Republic such as Trump and those around him at the U.S. ruling apparatus to go down the drain."
Supporters of Lebanon's Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement wave Lebanese, Iranian as well as the movement's yellow flag during celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in the capital Beirut's southern suburbs on February 6. Hezbollah and numerous militias across the Middle East have styled themselves after the Revolutionary Guards, sharing similar slogans and imagery.
Bahrain's Popular Resistance Brigades warned that"the American presence in the region is a terrorist presence and should be targeted."
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