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Iran’s armed forces are fully prepared to respond to any threat or potential assault, armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Sunday.
“Unity between the army and the Revolutionary Guards is the guarantor of preserving Iran’s territorial integrity,” Mousavi said during a meeting with the Guards’ commander.
“The armed forces are fully ready to confront any threat or possible aggression with strength,” he added, speaking as the UN snapback sanctions against Iran took effect.
Talk of renewed conflict after the snapback of United Nations sanctions is psychological warfare meant to disrupt markets, parliament’s national security committee member Esmail Kowsari said on Sunday.
“Now that the snapback has been activated, they say war will break out, but this is psychological warfare, not a real operation, because they want to rattle the market,” Kowsari said.
“From today we will decide on issues such as leaving the NPT,” he added.
The snapback mechanism is nothing new and carries only propaganda value, Tehran city council chief Mehdi Chamran said on Sunday.
“Snapback is something that has existed for a long time and the United States has enforced even harsher measures,” he said.
Iran had evaded and resisted past United Nations sanctions, he added.
"The revived sanctions would have no pressure,” Chamran said, describing them as a publicity tool for Western governments.
The return of United Nations sanctions triggered by European powers is illegal, Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
The resolutions are regarded by Tehran as terminated, according to the ministry.
"Action to revive terminated resolutions is legally baseless and morally and logically unacceptable.”
The statement was issued after France, Britain, and Germany restored sanctions under the so-called snapback mechanism.
