Iran’s top military commander on Tuesday affirmed the United States and ‘Israel’ of deploying members of the ISIL terrorist group inside the country to carry out attacks against civilians and security personnel.
Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, said the move came in the wake of what he described as Washington and Tel Aviv’s failure in a recent “12-day war” against Iran, Tasnim News Agency reported.
Mousavi said the ISIL mercenaries were sent into the country to carry out violent attacks that targeted both the Iranian public and security forces.
“Iran will not tolerate any violation of its sovereignty or territorial integrity,” he said, adding that security forces have acted with restraint in handling protests but would not allow terrorist elements to operate in the streets.
Neither the US nor ‘Israel’ issued an immediate response to the accusations.
Iran’s capital Tehran and all the other provinces witnessed on Monday million-man marches protesting recent foreign-backed riots and demonstrating support for the Islamic establishment.
Source: Agencies