Iran official says US attack would turn country into 'graveyard for Americans'
A senior Tehran city council official warned on Monday that Iran would respond forcefully to any US attack, using blunt language to describe the scale of retaliation.
Parviz Sarvari, vice chairman of Tehran’s city council, said reports about preparing graves for US soldiers were symbolic.
“If they think they can attack Iran, five thousand graves for American soldiers would not be enough and we would turn the whole country into a graveyard for Americans,” he was quoted as saying by Mehr news agency.
Sarvari said Iran would strike US bases, ships and any countries that support an attack, adding that Iran’s naval forces would respond if hostilities came from the sea and that ground forces would act if there were a land incursion.
Mehr reported on Saturday that Tehran’s Behesht Zahra cemetery had prepared a site with capacity for several thousand graves for the temporary burial of potential US military casualties.
