IRGC says Iran prepared to thwart US war threats

TEHRAN - The Islamic republic is ready to fend off the US war threats against the country, the chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said here on Sunday.

Iran is currently facing threats close to its territory and the IRGC has prepared its resources against the threats, Major General Hossein Salami was quoted as saying by state TV.

The IRGC commander said that "although enemies are near the Iranian borders, they do not have the will to wage war and are afraid of fighting with the Iranians."

He stressed that "we are not after war but we are not afraid of war either."

On Thursday, Salami vowed to resist the US pressures, saying that the US will fail to crush Iranian resistance.

The US administration aims to drag Iran to the negotiation table by exerting "maximum pressures." The Iranian government always believes that Washington seeks to seal a new nuclear deal with Iran, to further curb Iran's nuclear program, to stop Iran ballistic missile development and to brake Iran's push for influence in the region.