INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The statement came after Mike Pompeo said Washington would impose "strongest" sanctions on Iran
(File)London: A senior Iranian military official branded US leaders disloyal and cruel on Wednesday and told
parliament Tehran would not bow to Washington's pressure to limit its military activities."Iranian armed forces are now, thanks to God, more
prepared than ever and will not wait for the permission or approval of any power to develop defence capabilities," Major General Mohammad
Bagheri was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA.The statement came two days after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said
Washington would impose "the strongest sanctions in history" if Tehran did not curb its regional influence and limit its missile
programme.Two weeks earlier, US President Donald Trump pulled out of an international nuclear deal with Iran that had lifted sanctions on
the Islamic Republic in exchange for curbs to its nuclear programme.Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Chief, called US
leaders "disloyal, cruel, criminal, isolated, angry, corrupt, and on the Zionist regime's payroll", and said Washington did not have the
courage for a military confrontation with Tehran, IRNA reported. © Thomson Reuters 2018(Except for the headline, this story has not been
edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
