Iran fully ready to counter ISIL militants: Commander

A senior Iranian commander says the country’s Armed Forces are completely ready to repel any potential move by the Takfiri ISIL militants against Iran.

“We will not allow the ISIL terrorist group to approach the country’s borders. We are fully prepared to counter them,” Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmadreza Pourdastan told reporters on Saturday. 

He added that the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces have been deployed in the country’s western border regions to beef up security there.

“If the ISIL terrorist group intends to come near the country’s borders, we will target them deep inside the Iraqi territory,” the commander pointed out.

Pourdastan emphasized that the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces have high operational capability and would “nip the threats in the bud.”

The ISIL terrorists control large parts of Syria’s east and north. ISIL also sent its Takfiri militants into Iraq in June, seizing large swathes of land straddling the border between Syria and Iraq.

The Takfiri terrorist group has committed heinous crimes, including the mass execution of people and beheading of its hostages.