IRGC warns to retaliate if US assassinates commanders

A senior Iranian commander threatened to kill "dozens" of American military commanders, should the US kill any Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commanders and officials."You also should not forget that American commanders have plenty of presence and travel in the region. If you kill any of us, we will kill dozens of you," Commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Division Genera Amir Ali Hajizadeh told FNA. Also, another senior Iranian military officials blasted Washington's threats against Iran and Iranian commanders, and cautioned that the Iranian Armed Forces, particularly the IRGC, will give a crushing response to the US terrorist actions. "It is surprising that a number of US officials are so ill-informed that they do not know their fellow countrymen are in a volatile positions in a region around the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iranian Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff for Cultural Affairs and Defense Publicity Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri told the US Close-up website. Jazayeri pointed to the US officials' recent call for the assassination of the Islamic Republic's top IRGC commanders, and noted, "The IRGC's response to the US terrorist actions will make Americans repent their actions." He further warned that the US will be harmed if it does not accept to apologize for it threatening remarks. His remarks allude to the United States' new plot against Iran. Earlier last week several American neoconservatives, including retired US Army general Jack Keane, urged the Obama administration to use covert action against Iran and target members of the Quds Force, the Guard's special foreign actions unit. "I'm saying we put our hand around their throat right now in every interest they have," retired US Army general Jack Keane told the House hearing. Former CIA agent Reuel Marc Gerecht, now with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think-tank, said, "I don't think that you are going to really intimidate these people, get their attention, unless you shoot somebody." Keane pointed to US allegations that the IRGC's Quds Force took part in a plot to kill Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir in Washington and pushed for assassinating "Quds Force top commanders". The retired general said Washington should carry out "cyber-attacks" against "selected military and economic interests inside of Iran," seize its assets, look into "denying their ships entry to ports around the world," work to isolate Tehran's central bank, and support Iranian dissident movements."And let's not wring our hands. If the international community doesn't want to step up to it, we go without them," said Keane.House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, a Republican declared "nothing should be taken off the table" - leaving open the possibility of military action. Iran has strongly denied any involvement in what the United States says was a plot by the Quds Force to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington by hiring assassins from a Mexican drug cartel for $1.5 million. Political and military analysts even in the US have all rejected the Washington claims about the terror plot, and cautioned that the Wednesday call by certain US officials means "declaring war on Iran".