Iran will counter 'any threat'

[Jimbuna]

Iran's Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar
Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has said that Iran will resist any threat and give a powerful response to its enemies.

The comments came on Wednesday coinciding with a US naval show of force off Iran's coast.

He made his statement to mark the 25th anniversary of the recapture of an Iranian port which was seized by Iraqi forces during the two neighbors' 1980-88 war.

"Islamic Iran will resist any kind of threat and will give a powerful answer to enemies and oppressors," he was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.

Earlier on Wednesday, nine US warships carrying 17,000 personnel entered the Persian Gulf in what navy officials said was the largest daytime assembly of ships since the 2003 Iraq war.

US Navy officials said Iran had not been notified of plans to sail the ships, which include two aircraft carriers, through the Straits of Hormuz, a narrow channel in international waters off Iran's coast and a major artery for global oil shipments.

"If one day a war is about to happen, Iran will defend its borders with more power than previous years," Alireza Afshar, deputy for "defense propaganda", told Mehr news agency.

How serious do you think Iran is ?
Are they capable of being a threat to the awesome array of firepower lying off their coastline ?