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Iran's Quds Force chief warns US as hopes for nuclear accord fade

Esmail Ghaani implied that Iran is able to strike at the US in ways it once could not.

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Iranian Quds force commander Esmail Ghaani (right) and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Hossein Salami (left) attend a ceremony on the occasion of the first anniversary of death of former Quds force commander Qasem Soleimani in Tehran, on Jan. 1, 2021. — STR/AFP via Getty Images

The commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that the United States’ “teeth will be crushed” if it moves against Iran, according to state media.

Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani warned that Iran’s military capabilities had advanced to the point that the US “cannot do what you used to do in the past any longer. … The hit-and-run tactics no longer work,” he said.

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