Hizbullah TV Report on Iranian Military: Iran May Respond to an Attack by Closing the Strait of Hormuz

Following are excerpts from a TV report on Iranian military power, which aired on Al-Manar TV on June 20, 2011:

Reporter: Iranian contempt for the Zionist maneuvers, considering them to be a "turning point" in the level of fear among the Israeli enemy – the Iranian army believes that no matter how many Zionist military maneuvers there are, they would not be on a par with an Iranian response, which, according to Tehran, would bring an end to the Zionist entity.

Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi, Commander of the Basij: If the Zionist entity carries out any act of stupidity against us, our response will not merely be the liberation of Jerusalem. Let me tell you that within the next ten years, we will witness the end of this entity. It is too weak to attack Iran. It is undergoing times of great weakness, and it cannot continue. What it is doing is trying to convince itself that it is strong.

Reporter: The ruling out of the possibility of war against Iran, and the conviction that the Zionists, and even the Americans, are incapable of attacking Iran militarily, is attributed by politicians here to Iran's military response capabilities, especially with missiles, which is part of the defense strategy which keeps the threat of war against the country at bay.

Iranian Parliament member Sharsaf Hosni: Today, Iran is fully capable of defending itself. We have means to ensure that the Zionist entity and its American protectors are incapable of taking action against us. The Zionists know that attacking us is impossible. If they could, they would have done so long ago, because this is what they dream of.

Reporter: It is Iran's undeclared military capabilities that are of concern to its enemies. Any attack – whether limited or large-scaled – will generate a response that will light a fire that will be difficult to extinguish. The Iranian response to the source of fire will be on land, air, and sea, especially in the Gulf region, where the oil supply will be halted, in the event that Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz.

[…]