Ghalibaf’s Fiery Message: Iran Will Fight Back Against Any Ground Invasion

“Listen up. Back when I was eighteen years old, I grabbed my rifle and ran straight into the fight to defend the soil of my beloved, unbreakable Iran, the only home I ever knew.

My own brother, Hassan, he laid it all on the line in that same fight for our homeland. He never came home. To this day, I still ache to wrap my arms around him one more time. That kind of pain never leaves a man,” wrote Ghalibaf in his post on Thursday. 

“And he wasn't the only one. I lost brothers who weren't blood but were family just the same, men who fought like lions and became part of me forever,” he also said. 

“But that's what we do. We give everything – everything we've got - for the land we love. We poured out our youth, our blood, and every tomorrow we had for Iran. We are not warmongers. But when the time comes to defend our homeland, every last one of us becomes a soldier,” he noted.

“Right now, in less than a week, a powerful national campaign sweeping across the country has brought forward around 7 million Iranians who have already stepped up and declared they're ready to pick up arms and stand in defense of our nation,” he added.

“Let me tell you somethin' straight from the gut: Iranians don't just talk about defending their country, we bleed for it. We've done it before, and we're ready to do it again. You come for our home... you're gonna meet the whole family. Locked, loaded, and standing tall. Bring it on,” the Iranian speaker concluded.