Call for Boosting Army's Preparedness

Chairman of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri called on the Army's Ground Forces to constantly boost preparedness and keep pace with new technologies in the military field. "The Ground Forces need to be fully prepared, increase its defensive capabilities and power, and get ready for battle and defend the Islamic country's borders by [keeping abreast of] new developments in the military sphere," the senior general said in a gathering of Ground Forces commanders in Tehran on Monday, Tasnim News Agency reported. Baqeri stressed that the armed forces should maintain such a high degree of readiness that the enemies do not dare think of attacking Iran. "We should not neglect to boost the defense power even for a moment," he said.