We just reached a former commander for Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard who is in Tehran and still has close links to the government. As the war spreads across the region he warns there will be more strikes.
“I know that we are, at this time, ready for more attacks by missiles and drone against the bases of Israel and United States” Hossein Kanani Moghadam told NBC News by video call. “We have a very good situation and equipment and logistic at this time for the defense of the Iran,” he said.
Despite the onslaught Iran is undergoing, he insists, “At this time everything is stable… and we haven’t had, this time, any security problem.”
We asked him about the prospect of replacing Iran’s supreme leader, with the IRGC likely to play an influential role moving forward. “It is very easy for the country to select the new supreme leader,” he says, because there are many “suitable” candidates.
He rejects President Trump’s assertion that many who might have replaced Ayatollah Khamenei are also dead.
“This is a propaganda of Trump,” he said. “No, this is not right.”