Svmuu News: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement on the 17th saying that the IRGC and the Iranian Armed Forces are prepared to respond forcefully to any aggression or criminal acts by the enemy. The statement said that the enemy’s attempts to invade Iran via land and sea operations and seize Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf have been thwarted. Should the enemy dare to make any reckless moves to invade Iran, it will undoubtedly face a lethal counterattack from Iran. The enemy will gain nothing but self-inflicted humiliation and a humiliating strategic defeat. (Xinhua News Agency)