‘Powerful’ response awaits US: Iranian army unit

A spokesman for the Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya unit has warned “powerful operations with heavy consequences” await the United States following its bombardment of three major nuclear sites, Al Jazeera reports.

Iranian news agencies quoted the unnamed spokesman accusing the US of carrying out a “criminal” act on behalf of Israel, which he said “blatantly violates” the sovereignty of Iran.

“This hostile act was carried out with the aim of reviving the dying Zionist regime,” the spokesman said, referring to Israel.

The US attack, he added, only broadens the scope of “legitimate and diverse targets” of Iran.

Khatam al-Anbiya is a special unit of the military’s armed forces under the direct command of Iran’s General Staff, operating separately from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.