Iran's deputy army chief: response to any future war will be overwhelming.
Major General Kiumars Heydari, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, says that Iran's bank of targets for a possible future war is ready and waiting for the signature of the Commander-in-Chief, drawn up without geographical limitations.
Defining a "legitimate target", he said that if a plane from any country bombed Iranian soil, Iran could hit a similar target inside that country, including locations that the US or Israel might use.
He said there were no US vessels left in the Persian Gulf, arguing that the US had lost its most valuable air and naval assets and its nearest warship was now nearly 500 km from Iran's Chabahar border.
He warned: "Our biggest surprise is in the rocket city. ".