BREAKING: Iran Military Chief Warns They Will ‘Destroy’ US Warships If Threatened

Chris “Badger” Thomas RIGHT WING TRIBUNE–OPINION

The leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed Thursday that his troops will “destroy any American terrorist force” that threatens the country’s ships in the Persian Gulf, FOX News reports.

The inflammatory comments from Major General Hossein Salami on Iranian state TV come a day after President Trump warned the Islamic Republic in a tweet that he has “instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.”

I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2020

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Trump was speaking in response to an incident last week in the Persian Gulf’s international waters, in which Iranian ships repeatedly crossed in front and behind U.S. vessels at extremely close range and high speeds. FOX NEWS

With the virus taking over the focus of mainstream media the situation with Iran has gone to the back-burner for the american people. President Trump made it clear that he is done playing nice with Iran as they continue their irritating antics in the Persian Gulf.

In response to Trump’s order to destroy any of Iran’s navy vessels that harasses our navy in the gulf, Salami said:

“I have ordered our naval forces to destroy any American terrorist force in the Persian Gulf that threatens security of Iran’s military or non-military ships,” Salami declared Thursday, according to Reuters. “Security of the Persian Gulf is part of Iran’s strategic priorities.”

Salami’s sentiment was echoed Thursday by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who tweeted himself that Trump should focus on treating positive coronavirus cases in the U.S. military rather than Iran’s naval actions.

“The US military is hit by over 5000 #covid19 infections. @realdonaldtrump should attend to their needs, not engage in threats cheered on by Saddam’s terrorists,” Zarif tweeted. “Also, US forces have no business 7,000 miles away from home, provoking our sailors off our OWN Persian Gulf shores.”

"We have ordered our units at sea, if a vessel or combat unit of the terrorist U.S. Navy seeks to jeopardize the security of our civilian ships or combat vessels, that vessel or military unit must be targeted," says #Iran's IRGC chief Hossein Salami. pic.twitter.com/0gAJI8DfOW

— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) April 23, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump on #Iran:
-We don't want them anywhere near our ships & sailors.
-I don't think I have to repeat myself.
-It was happening all the time during the Obama administration.
-We're not going to stand for it.
-Our Navy will shoot them out of the water. pic.twitter.com/rKn6o3AXCD

— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) April 23, 2020