Iranians will punch Pompeo in the mouthCommander
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qassem soleimani the head of the branch of the revolutionary guards that carries out operations outside irans borders was singled out by pompeo as a top troublemaker in the middle east1 a senior iranian military commander poured scorn on u.s. threats to tighten sanctions on tuesday saying the islamic republics people would respond by punching u.s. secretary of states mike pompeo in the mouth1 two weeks after president donald trump pulled out of an international nuclear deal with iran his administration has threatened to impose the strongest sanctions in history setting washington and tehran further on a course of confrontation1 the people of iran should stand united in the face of this and they will deliver a strong punch to the mouth of the american secretary of state and anyone who backs them ismail kowsari the deputy commander of the sarollah revolutionary guards base in tehran said according to the iranian labour news agency1 limiting irans missile capabilities was one of pompeos main demands1 who are you and america to tell us to limit the range of ballistic missiles kowsari said according to ilna1 history has shown that with the attacks on hiroshima and nagasaki america is the top criminal with regard to missiles he added1 pompeo said on monday washington would impose new penalties if tehran did not make sweeping changes including dropping its nuclear program and pulling out of the syrian civil war1 kowsari said that the iranian people back soleimani1 soleimani is not a single person. the great people of iran support him kowsari said1 separately irans government spokesman said that the plan outlined by pompeo would exacerbate the publics hostility to the u.s1 do the americans think that the silk glove that theyve taken out and the iron hand that theyve extended to the people a hand thats backed by israel and the [mujahedin-e-khalq organisation] will make iranian people think that america wants democracy mohammad nobakht said on tuesday according to state media1 the mujahedin-e-khalq organization mko is an exiled iranian armed opposition group which has called for the overthrow of the iranian government for decades1 john bolton the u.s. national security advisor has been a supporter of the mko which the iranian government sees as a terrorist group. reutersnan1