IRGC Commander: Iran Growing into A World Power

"Today, the regional Iran is turning into a global Iran," Salami said, addressing the Armed Forces officials in Tehran on Wednesday.

Stressing that the power balance has changed in Iran's interest by the important events which have happened in recent years, he said, "Iran's strategies gave us access to the enemy in the region and when the enemy entered our operational zone, its weak points became more obvious."

Salami said that the enemy wanted to cripple the Iranian society through sanctions, decrease the country's regional clout by political isolation and vacate the Iranian society and the Islamic Republic's energy by internal seditions