A ranking Iranian commander has described the country’s Armed Forces as the world’s “greatest and most potent” counter-terrorism organization.

According to The Iran Project, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, deputy chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination, made the remarks on Friday, attending the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, a high-level security and defense gathering.

“Today, the Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces are engaged in [contributing] to the quantitative and qualitative enhancement of security on the ground, in the air, across and under the sea, and in space,” he said.

The forces would “confront seriously with whatever [instance of] waywardness, disorderly conduct, and non-commitment to the international foundations and principles across the region,” the commander noted.

“The leaders of the so-called global hegemony have felt the taste of this confrontation time and again,” he added, asserting that the Islamic Republic was intent on reinforcing its defensive capability towards increasing its relative security.