YnetNews.com reports: “Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that the country would deliver a ‘deadly’ response if its enemies acted against it, following reports of missile tests near the capital and unusual nighttime military activity amid rising tensions with Israel.

‘If the enemy makes mistakes, Iran’s hand will be on top,’ the Guard said in a statement carried by state media. ‘It will seize the initiative on the battlefield and respond in a deadly and instructive way once again.’

The warning came days after reports of missile launches in the Tehran area. According to Iran International, an opposition media outlet based in London and funded by Saudi Arabia, a senior lawmaker said the tests included the country’s first launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

‘Two nights ago we tested one of the most advanced missiles in the country, which had not yet been tried, and it succeeded,’ lawmaker Mohsen Zanganeh was quoted as saying. He added that conducting the test ‘even under these circumstances of tension with Israel and the United States’ demonstrated the regime’s military strength…”