JAKARTA - Iran's chief of security on Monday said the Islamic Republic is ready for a war against the United States and Israel that will last a long time.
"Iran, unlike the United States, has prepared itself for a long war," Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani said on the social media X, as quoted by Al Arabiya (3/3).
Larijani added that the Mullah State would defend itself "regardless of the cost."
As previously reported, Israel and the United States launched an attack on the capital Tehran and a number of cities in Iran on Saturday.
Quoted from ABC, the United States dubbed the operation "Operation Epic Fury" while Israel called it "Operation Roaring Lion."
Since Saturday morning, Israel and the US have carried out attacks on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khemenei and many other high-ranking security officials.
The US air force and navy, along with Israeli forces, have massively bombed Iran and President Donald Trump said the goal was to destroy the country's military capacity.
In response, Iran has fired missiles at targets in Israel and at US military facilities around the region.
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