Reuters - The United States� military presence in the�Persian Gulf used to be a serious threat but now it is an opportunity, a senior commander of Iran�s elite Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday, according to the Iranian Students� News Agency (ISNA).

�An aircraft carrier that has at least 40 to 50 planes on it and 6000 forces gathered within it was a serious threat for us in the past but now...the threats have switched to opportunities,� Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Guards� aerospace division said.

He added, �If [the Americans] make a move we will hit them in the head.�

Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh