IRGC Commander Hossein Salami emphasised that “the Iranian nation has not started war in the past incidents but it annihilates any aggressor and the U.S. is aware of this… we are not worried about the U.S. threats and it is them who should be worried”. Referring to the 31 December attack on the U.S. Embassy in, Salami contended that it was “a testimony to our power is that the U.S. blames Iran wherever it faces defeat… We do not interfere in countries’ internal affairs”. “We do not lead the country to war, but we are not afraid of any war, and we are telling America to use a proper language in the face of the Iranian nation”, he added.