IRGC Commander Major General Hussein Salami said that Iran will resolutely protect its security, independence, ruling system, national interests, history and land.

'Iran is not a land that foreigners can look at irrelevantly.

This is the land of the men and women of jihad.' According to IRNA, Major General Salami said, on Sunday at the closing ceremony of the third biennial selection of the best research works, sacred defense and resistance (Martyr Lieutenant General Hajj Qassem Suleimani Award) held at the Museum of the Islamic Revolution and Sacred Defense: 'The Zionists will pay a heavy price.

They will be buried in Syrian soil, but this issue will take some time.' Stating that the Islamic world is today the arena of jihad and that the happiness of Muslims passes through the arena of jihad, General Salami said: 'The young mujahideen of the Islamic world have the faith, zeal and motivation necessary to defeat the Zionists and will carry out this action.' IRGC Commander continued: “Today we see how the foreign powers that are incinerating Syria are like hungry wolves hunting for a lone deer in the desert, tearing off each piece of its body.” The Iranian forces did not go to Syria in order to attain ambitions and interests, General Salami said, yet to help the Syrian live decently and honorably.

General Salami also emphasized, in a brief interview with reporters on the sidelines of the ceremony, 'In the face of enemies  martyr Suleimani, who is a model of steadfastness and resistance can be a guide, and Muslim nations must stand up and defend their identity.'