SpaceWar.com reports: “Iran’s military chief warned on Wednesday that Iran will not stand by and allow itself to be threatened by outside powers, after the United States and Israel backed anti-government protests.

‘The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the escalation of hostile rhetoric against the Iranian nation a threat and will not tolerate its continuation without responding,’ General Amir Hatami said, according to the Fars news agency.

Hatami, commander of the Iranian army but not Iran’s most senior officer, warned that ‘if the enemy makes a mistake’ Iran’s response would be more robust than during last June’s 12-day war with Israel.

In recent days, US President Donald Trump has threatened to intervene in Iran if demonstrators were killed, while Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed support for the protests…”