Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan dismissed the United States’ military threats against the Islamic Republic as “very meaningless” threats to the Iranian nation.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan dismissed the United States’ military threats against the Islamic Republic as “very meaningless” threats to the Iranian nation.

Addressing a gathering on Saturday to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Dehqan warned Washington against the catastrophe that a military strike against Iran would entail for it.

The Iranian nation has always been resisting against Western arrogant powers, and has never compromised with Imperialism, the Iranian minister told the gathering in the holy city of Qom.

Iranians are always prepared to confront arrogant powers, he said, adding: “Islamic Iran has taught all Muslims and world’s freedom-seeking people that the sole option against the caprice and the bullying of Western arrogant powers is resistance and steadfastness, and [proved that] true independence and freedom can be achieved only through this way.”

US officials have repeatedly threatened that despite the nuclear deal sealed with Tehran last November, the military action against the Islamic Republic was still on table.

On February 4, Dehqan warned against any military attack against the country, saying the Islamic Republic will give a crushing response to any such act of aggression.

“The Iranian nation has always proved through history that it is fully ready to defend the principles of the sacred Islamic establishment and will severely punish aggressors,” he noted.