SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force Esmail Ghaani on Thursday warned the United States that its “teeth will be crushed” if Washington makes the slightest move against Tehran, according to state media.
“This nations’ power and capacity … has reached such a level that if you [U.S.] make the slightest move, your teeth will be crushed in your mouth,” Ghaani was quoted as saying, according to Reuters.
“This time is long past when you could do whatever you wanted,” he added.
Tensions have risen between Tehran and Washington amid stalled talks on reviving Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, under which Tehran curtailed its uranium enrichment programme in exchange for a lifting of global sanctions.
Iran and major powers are trying, in talks in Vienna, to revive a 2015 deal under which Tehran limited its nuclear programme in exchange for relief from U.S., EU and U.N. economic sanctions.
The United States withdrew from the pact in 2018, during the administration of then-President Donald Trump, and Iran responded by violating the agreement’s limits.
