Iran continues to promise retaliation for United States strikes on critical nuclear facilities, as it launched a new wave of missiles and drones against Israel.

Abdolrahim Mousavi, the new chief of staff of Iranian armed forces, said in a short statement on Monday morning that the US violated Iran’s sovereignty when it attacked the Fordow.

Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites on Sunday and had entered the war clearly and directly.

The criminal US must know that in addition to punishing its illegitimate and aggressive offspring, the hands of Islam’s fighters within the armed forces have been freed to take any action against its interests and military, and we will never back down in this regard, he said, in reference to Israel.

Ebrahim Zolfaghari, who is acting as the spokesman of Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel, said in his latest televised statement on Monday that the US’s attacks were meant to revive the dying Zionist regime.

But will actually serve to expand the scope of the legitimate and various targets of Iranian armed forces, and create the grounds for expanding war in the region.

Referring to US President Donald Trump, Zolfaghari said in English: Gambler Trump, you may start this war, but we will be the ones to finish it.

Iran’s army announced on Monday it had fired dozens of one-way drones with anti-fortification explosive warheads at Israel.

Source: Aljazeera