Tehran-Sana
The spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Brigadier General Ramadan Sharif, affirmed the readiness of the Iranian forces to defend Iran's security and interests and the strategic flow of energy.
Sharif said in a speech today that "the Iranian armed forces are defending with all their might the independence, security and national interests of the country and the strategic flow of energy."
He added, "The greater part of Iran's budget depends on the revenues of the oil industry, and from here this matter was not hidden from the Americans who tried for years to obstruct Iranian oil exports," noting that "the export of Iranian oil to various countries, including Syria and Lebanon, under the spears of enemies constituted Another shameful defeat for the Americans.”