The Islamic Republic will give the most severe response should the US president carries out his threat to use the military option against Tehran, the chief-commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned on Saturday.
"We stand firmly against any threat, and if a threat is carried out, we will respond in the most severe manner—decisive, crushing, and devastating," IRGC Chief-Commander Hossein Salami said.
Trump has in a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei offered talks toward a deal on its nuclear program and warned that the alternative was a military intervention.
Salami downplayed Trump's offer of talks as superficial, saying, "The enemy deceitfully talks about direct negotiations under the shadow of threats. Enemies are untrustworthy and do not honor any commitments or agreements."
The IRGC commander said it was the United States that tore up the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and "turned to violent and aggressive measures such as pressure, sanctions, and threats."
"The Iranian nation deeply understands its enemy and never pays attention to its superficial words."
