Revolutionary Guards chief moots Islamic battle with 'global satanic powers'

Hossein Salami, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), characterize current events as the “era of historic battle between Islamic forces and global satanic powers".

Salami further accused President Donald Trump of trying to "make the Iranian nation lose hope in the Islamic Revolution and the system."

His comments came a day after Trump's sharp criticism of Iran's leadership in a lengthy speech in Saudi Arabia.

"Iran's decades of neglect and mismanagement have left the country plagued by rolling blackouts lasting for hours a day ... While your skill has turned dry deserts into fertile farmland, Iran's leaders have managed to turn green farmland into dry deserts as their corrupt water mafia ... causes droughts and empty river beds. They get rich," the US president said.

In his Wednesday remarks, Salami also said that "the Iranian nation is invincible and cannot be humiliated on the battlefield, nor will it be defeated in the field of diplomacy."