The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has asserted the Iranian nation’s readiness to decisively stand up to the Islamic Republic’s adversaries and force them into submission as in the case of previous confrontations.

The Corps delivered the remarks in a statement on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the return of liberated prisoners of the war that was imposed by Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hussein on the country in the 1980s.

“Today, the Iranian nation, standing at the height of experience, faith, and multiplied strength, is prepared to crush any enemy front and any malicious plan against the security and future of its land,” it stated.

The Corps hailed the former POWs as “the true symbol of active resistance and strategic hope.”

The truth of the former servicemen’s triumph in the face of the then-adversary, the IRGC underlined, was also manifested in the nation’s victory during the eight-year war and the imposed Israeli-American war in June.

It was referring to the Iranian Armed Forces’ compelling the Iraqi aggressors to retreat amid overwhelming popular support as well as their prompting the Israeli regime to request a ceasefire on June 25, despite its having received unprecedented American support throughout the 12-day war.

The reality of the triumph, the Corps added, was also witnessed by the Palestinian resistance’s power and the Zionist regime’s and its American supporters’ successive defeats in the region.

‘Power that can bend biggest war machines’

The Corps further commended the former servicemen over their resilience that proved that “the power of faith, national unity, and revolutionary steadfastness can bring the biggest war machines and imperialist policies to their knees.

The IRGC, meanwhile, pledged to remain unbowed in its perpetual commitment to the ideals of Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the Iranian nation.

The Corps finally foresaw liberation of the regional peoples from Western-backed Israeli occupation and American military adventurism.

The prospect, it concluded, would “expand the geography of resistance to the horizon of ultimate triumph for the [global] Islamic Ummah [Nation]."

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