Iranian Vice President Parviz Davoodi warned today that the armed forces
of his country would fight back "like lightning" against any attack from the
enemies.
"We can defend our motherland and the Islam. We want peace but we tell the
expansionists not to try to launch an aggression against Iran," Davoodi told a
military parade in south Tehran commemorating the 1980-1988 war between Iran and
Iraq.
"Our lions are powerful and they could hit the enemy like lightning and
destroy him," he added.
Iran on Friday staged a large military parade to commemorate the eight-year
war between Iran and Iraq without the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
who was still in New York to attend the 61st annual session of the United
Nations General Assembly.
In April, Ahmadinejad held another parade in the Army Day and vowed to "cut
down the hands of any aggressors."
