The Iranian senior made a belligerent speech during a visit to the southern state, saying: "With the help of Islam and the people, we can break the powers and make them flee the Muslim world"

• Revolutionary Guards Commander Hussein Salami on Iranian rocket fire // Photo: AFP

Less than a day after the US Embassy crisis ended in Baghdad, Revolutionary Guards commander Thursday, Hussein Salami made a belligerent speech in which he said his country was not afraid of a confrontation with the United States.

The speech, which Salami made during a visit to Khoshan Province in the south of the state, a district where many of his residents are Arab and many of them participated in the fuel protest against the regime. Salami praised the residents of the district, saying that for the Iranians, Khoshan Province is an integral part of their nationalism.

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"With the help of Islam and the Iranian people, we can break the will of the powers, defeat them and make them withdraw not only from Iran but from the entire Muslim world," Salami said in a statement quoted by the Tasan News Agency.

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"We have enough missiles to destroy every enemy. Our strength is not only in ballistic missiles but also in our belief in Islam. We will not save our country for war but we are not afraid of confrontation," added Salami.

"You have nothing to do"

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei was quoted yesterday by government media as strongly condemning the US attack against the Hezbollah Battalion base in Iraq. He said Washington is avenging pro-Iranian militias because of their key role in protecting ISIS.

"I myself, the Iranian government and the nation, are condemning the United States most harshly," Khamenei was quoted as saying. A Twitter account linked to him reads: "This man (Trump) advocates that they see Iran as responsible for events in Baghdad and that they respond to Iran. 1. You can't do anything. you".

According to the AFP, the leadership of the pro-Iranian militias today called on protesters to withdraw from order violations in the US embassy. However, some order violators continued in the riots.

Proponents of militias near US embassy // Photo: AP

Earlier, pro-Iranian protesters set fire to exterior walls of the US Embassy in Baghdad, the Al Jazeera network reported. According to a Sky News report in Arabic, Iraqi security forces fired tear gas bombs at protesters. Al-Arab al-Jadeed reported that new protest tents were set up in the embassy area. And, according to an Iraqi news agency, in the clashes that have resumed, there are already several injured among order violators.

After pro-Iranian protesters attacked the United States Embassy in Baghdad yesterday, Washington updated its reinforcements in the Middle East tonight. Pangton announced that in addition to the Marines' troops sent to protect the embassy, ​​some 750 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division were dispatched to the area, and that further reinforcements are in the coming days.

Last night, US President Donald Trump tweeted: "The United States Embassy in Iraq remained safe for hours. Many of our fighters immediately arrived in the region. I thank the President and the Prime Minister of Iraq for their swift response. "They will pay a very large price. That's not a warning." U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Asper said he approved the reinforcement delivery as an immediate response.