After Israel, the United States and the UK blamed Iran for an attack on an Israeli-linked ship in the Persian Gulf and vowed a “coordinated response,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to respond to any retaliatory strike.

IRGC Commander Hossein Salami said, “The enemy should remove false thoughts and ideas from their head.” Speaking on a TV program Aug. 4, he said Iran's response would be “destructive” and warned other countries to “not enter an arena of conflict with Iran.”

Salami added, “We warned them to learn from the past, we have confronted the enemy for 42 years and today we are stronger and more determined.” 

Salami also took a swipe at the US elections in which Donald Trump claimed there was election fraud and the election was stolen, which led to supporters storming the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. He said, “We are in the process of the transitioning of administrations and unlike the transitioning of administrations in the US, the transitioning of administrations in Iran is taking place with dignity, health and peace.”