Iran Warns Saudi Arabia And UAE To Respect Its 'Red Lines'

Deputy Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Hossein Salami.

Reuters: Iranian Revolutionary Guards warns Saudi Arabia, UAE to respect its 'red lines'

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) told Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Friday to respect Tehran’s “red lines” or face retaliation, as the United States and its Gulf allies increase pressure on Tehran to curb its regional influence.

Iran accuses Saudi Arabia and the UAE of funding five gunmen who attacked a military parade in Iran last Saturday and killed 25 people, 12 of them members of the elite IRGC. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have denied any involvement.

“If you cross our red lines, we will surely cross yours. You know the storm the Iranian nation can create,” the Fars news agency quoted Brigadier General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the Guards, as saying.

Addressing worshippers attending Friday prayers in Tehran, Salami said in a strongly-worded speech: “Stop creating plots and tensions. You are not invincible. You are sitting in a glass house and cannot tolerate the revenge of the Iranian nation... We have shown self-restraint.”

Salami also told the United States to “stop supporting the terrorists or they will pay the price”.

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Update: IRGC commander threatens Iranian ‘storm’ if Saudi, UAE cross red lines (AMN).

WNU Editor: The Saudi and UAE response has been to call for regime change .... Saudi, UAE officials call for regime change in Iran at US summit (Al Jazeera).

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