Iran’s new Guards chief says ‘gates of hell’ will open on Israel

The newly appointed commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Pakpour, threatens to open “the gates of hell” in retaliation for Israel’s attacks that killed his predecessor, Hossein Salami.

“In retribution for the blood of our fallen commanders, scientists and citizens, the gates of hell will soon be opened upon this child-killing regime,” Pakpour says of Israel in a message carried by state news agency IRNA.

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