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Revolutionary Guards chief warns Iran will ‘open the gates of hell’ if attacked by US or Israel

By AFP 8 May 2025, 8:25 pm 4 Edit
Islamic Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami speaks during a memorial service for slain Hezbollah leader Hasssan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine in Iran's capital Tehran on February 23, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Islamic Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami speaks during a memorial service for slain Hezbollah leader Hasssan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine in Iran's capital Tehran on February 23, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami warns that any attack by the United States or Israel will “open the gates of hell.”

“These are serious warnings to the Zionist and American authorities… If you make the slightest mistake, we will open the gates of hell for you,” Salami says in a video carried by Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

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