On Aug. 31 the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said Iran, while
respecting neighbors' sovereignty, will not tolerate any aggression and will
respond more forcefully to such actions. The statement accused US forces of
continuing to use the territory of some regional states — despite those states'
formal pledges not to allow strikes on Iran — to attack certain Iranian military
facilities, and reiterated that the US must withdraw from the region. It warned
that states or actors facilitating US attacks would be targeted and said all
branches of Iran's armed forces will act in concert to crush and strike any
sources of aggression.
