Fresh warning of ‘devastating’ response from Tehran for Saturday’s attacks
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The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned U.S. and Israeli leaders on Monday to expect a “devastating” response from Tehran, accusing them of involvement in an attack on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz.
“You have seen our revenge before … You will see that our response will be crushing and devastating and you will regret what you have done,” Hossein Salami said in a speech before the funeral of the victims broadcast live on the state television.
Thousands of people packed the streets of the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz to mourn the victims of Saturday’s assault that killed 25 people, including 12 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards.
The “formal incitement against the UAE from within Iran is unfortunate, and has escalated after the Ahvaz attack,” UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash tweeted.
His words followed comments by Iranian officials alluding to the involvement of Gulf states in the training of militants who attacked a military parade that killed 25 people and wounded nearly 70.
“The UAE’s historical position against terrorism and violence is clear and Tehran’s allegations are baseless,” Gargash said.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani did not identify those behind Saturday’s attack, which was claimed by an Arab separatist group.
“It is Americans who instigate them and provide them with necessary means to commit these crimes,” Rouhani said.
