{"id":68549,"date":"2021-01-03T16:12:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T16:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/03\/iran-general-warns-us-military-ready-to-respond-to-pressure\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:23:30","slug":"iran-general-warns-us-military-ready-to-respond-to-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/01\/03\/iran-general-warns-us-military-ready-to-respond-to-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran general warns US: Military ready to respond to pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEHRAN, Iran \u2014 The top commander of Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Friday that his country was fully prepared to respond to any U.S. military pressure as tensions between Tehran and Washington remain high in the waning days of President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. Hossein Salami spoke at a ceremony at Tehran University commemorating the upcoming one-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/03\/rally-in-baghdad-marks-1-year-since-iran-generals-death-in-us-drone-strike\/\" target=_blank>anniversary of the U.S. drone strike <\/a>in Baghdad that killed Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who headed the expeditionary Quds force, on Jan. 3, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, Iran retaliated by launching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/04\/21\/american-troops-had-only-hours-to-react-to-iranian-ballistic-missile-attack-heres-what-they-did\/\" target=_blank>ballistic missile strike on a military base in Iraq<\/a> that caused brain concussion injuries to about 100 U.S. troops. Washington and Tehran came <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/03\/iraq-rockets-fired-at-baghdad-airport-7-people-killed\/\" target=_blank>dangerously close to war<\/a> as the crisis escalated.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/03\/rally-in-baghdad-marks-1-year-since-iran-generals-death-in-us-drone-strike\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21003441055468.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Rally in Baghdad marks 1 year since Iran general\u2019s death in US drone strike<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Sunday&#039;s rally was being held amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. in the final days of President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, we have no problem, concern or apprehension toward encountering any powers. We will give our final words to our enemies on the battlefield,\u201d Salami said, without mentioning the U.S. directly. Several top Iranian officials, along with Syrian, Palestinian and Lebanese allies and members of Soleimani\u2019s family, were in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soleimani\u2019s replacement, Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani, said at the ceremony that Iran was not afraid of confronting \u201cpowers,\u201d again without naming the U.S. He also warned that \u201cfreedom seekers\u201d within the U.S. could retaliate for the attack that killed Soleimani, telling America that \u201cinside your own home, there might be those who want to respond to the crime that you committed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21001473028420.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Gen. Esmail Ghaani, the head of the Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony on the occasion of first anniversary of the death of the force's previous head Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-101171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21001473028420.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21001473028420.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21001473028420.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21001473028420.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21001473028420.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gen. Esmail Ghaani, the head of the Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony on the occasion of first anniversary of the death of the force&#8217;s previous head Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (Ebrahim Noroozi\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of Iran\u2019s judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, said all those who had a role in Soleimani\u2019s killing will not be able to \u201cescape law and justice,\u201d even if they were a U.S. president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry tweeted that Iran will not rest until perpetrators of Soleimani\u2019s killing are brought to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy committing a craven act of terror against Gen Soleimani, the US violated int\u2019l law &amp; the UN Charter in a blatant violation of Iraqi sovereignty,\u201d said a post on the ministry\u2019s Twitter account. \u201cThe US\u2019 lawlessness in full show. #Iran won\u2019t rest until bringing those responsible to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/what-war-with-iran-could-look-like\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19098471996944.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What war with Iran could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times interviewed more than a dozen military experts, including current and former U.S. military officials, about how a conflict might begin and how it could play out. This is what they said could happen:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Friday that Washington would bear responsibility for the consequences of any possible \u201cadventure\u201d in the region. His comments came during a call with his Kuwaiti counterpart, according to the ministry\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Already, America has conducted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/30\/air-force-b-52s-fly-from-minot-to-persian-gulf-in-round-trip-mission-to-caution-iran\/\" target=_blank>B-52 bomber flyovers<\/a> and sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/21\/us-navy-announces-nuclear-submarine-passage-of-strait-of-hormuz-amid-tensions-with-iran\/\" target=_blank>a nuclear submarine into the Persian Gulf<\/a> over what Trump administration officials describe as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/31\/us-to-move-aircraft-carrier-nimitz-out-of-mideast-amid-iran-tension\/\" target=_blank>the possibility of an Iranian attack <\/a>on the anniversary of Soleimani\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategic calculations on both sides have been complicated by the political transition in Washington to President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s administration, which may seek new paths in dealing with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also Friday, Iranian video sharing services released an English-language song filmed abroad that praises Soleimani. 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