MNA � The coordinating deputy of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps vowed Iran�s imminent revenge for the martyrdom of its anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

�The world will soon witness the Iranian nation�s harsh revenge on the US,� Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naghdi said late on Sunday on the threshold of the 40th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq�s imposed war against Iran (1080-1988).

Referring to the longstanding support of the US to Iran�s enemies, the IRGC deputy coordinator said, �The battle with the US is not restricted to today; it has been going on for over four decades.�

�The US is incapable of coping with the Iranian nation�s resistance, and the Islamic Revolution gives Washington a big slap in the face every day.�

He underlined, �Our path in the fight against the American regime is clear; the revenge for our martyred general is definite.�

Speaking on Saturday, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami also hit back at US President Donald Trump for threatening military action against Iran.

He shrugged off the US president�s recent threat of military action against Iran, saying that a �decisive, serious and real� revenge for the assassination of Lieutenant General Soleimani would be taken in an honorable, fair and just manner.

�We will hit the individuals who, directly and indirectly, played a role in the martyrdom of the great man (General Soleimani),� Major General Salami underlined, giving a serious warning that anybody with a role in the January assassination plot will be hit.

Downplaying the American threat of a response 1,000 times greater in magnitude, the IRGC commander said hundreds of Iranian missiles had been prepared to �devastate� the US targets in a possible confrontation after the retaliatory strike on the US airbase of Ain al-Assad in Iraq in January.