Iranian commander says forces ready to confront new attack “any place and at any time” after drills

An Iranian commander says recent military drills around the country’s capital show the Islamic Republic’s forces are at a “high level of comprehensive readiness” to confront a new attack by the U.S. or Israel, “at any place and at any time.”

Brigadier General Hassan Hassanzadeh, commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for the Tehran region, said the five-day drills dubbed “Martyr Commander” demonstrated his troops ability “to confront any movement by the hostile enemy, the American and Zionist enemies, at any place and at any time with the shortest possible response time.”

Troops including special forces and IRGC commandos participated in the drills, which included exercising pre-planned operations “for confronting the enemy’s special operations … and unit tactics and techniques to confront the enemy in any terrain and in any situation.”