Iran not seeking war with US but ‘not afraid of it’, says military chief

Head of Islamic Revolutionary Guards defiant as US prepares ‘very consequential response’ to drone attack on Jordan base

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The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) vowed the country was not afraid of war with the US, as the Pentagon weighs how directly to retaliate in response to the killing of three US servicemen in a drone attack in Jordan.

The IRGC commander-in-chief, Maj Gen Hossein Salami, said: “We hear some threats from American officials about targeting Iran. We tell them that you tested us and we know each other. We do not leave any threat unanswered, and we do not look for war, but we are not afraid of it. This is the well-known truth.”