His speech came after the U.S. said it is weighing the response to the attack to its base in Jordan where three American soldiers were killed.
The U.S. government said this week that the Islamic Resistance® in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias that includes the group Kataib Hezbollah, had planned, resourced and facilitated the drone attack.
"(We) will not start a war, but if a country, if a cruel force wants to bully us, the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
will give a strong response." Raisi told dozens gathering in Minab city, located in the Hormozgan province near the Strait of Hormuz.
While Biden and White House officials have stressed that they don’t want a broader war with Iran, the administration has also warned that its response to the deadly assault won’t be a "one-off."
Raisi said that previously when the US wanted to talk to Iran they "used the language of threats."
"Now, you don't hear these words. You even hear from that side: 'we have no intention of a conflict with the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Iran'," he added.
Earlier this week the U.S. said the response to the deadly attack in Jordan, could include striking militia leaders and targets in Syria, Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
and Iraq.
The deaths of the soldiers were the first U.S. fatalities blamed on Iran-backed militia groups, who for months have been intensifying their attacks on American forces in the region following the onset of the Israel-Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...war in October.