A high-ranking Iranian official responded Monday to President Trump[1]’s warning of possible military action, saying the president “won’t dare” launch an attack on Tehran.
Gen. Gholam Hossein Gheibparvar, chief of a paramilitary arm of the Revolutionary Guard, said Mr. Trump[2]’s threat of historic “consequences” for Iran are nothing more than “psychological warfare.”
Mr. Trump[3] tweeted shortly before midnight Sunday that Iran would “SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE” if it keeps threatening the U.S.
“WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!” Mr. Trump[4] tweeted.
In comments reported by Iran’s state-run ISNA news agency, Gen. Gheibparvar said Mr. Trump[5] “won’t dare” attack Iran.
Iranian lawmaker Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh told The Associated Press that believes a military confrontation between Iran and the U.S. is highly unlikely. He said Mr. Trump[6] and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani merely “express themselves through speeches since diplomatic channels are closed.” The two countries ended diplomatic relations in 1979....
The state-owned news agency belittled Mr. Trump[7]’s warning tweet to Mr. Rouhani, describing it as a “passive reaction.”