Iran president defends Guards in show of unity anticipating Trump
Javad Zarif
Newspapers on Tuesday ran pictures of the urbane   U.S.-educated Foreign Minister Javad Zarif  laughing and hugging the commander of the guards  Major-General Mohammad Ali Jafari.
 Zarif  brief lawmakers on Wednesday about the expected U.S. action and about Iranâs plans for a response  according to members of parliament quoted in state media.
âIn the closed session  Zarif  emphasized that if the Americans take any steps against the nuclear deal that the Islamic Republic of Iran will give them a more crushing response â Shahbaz Hassanpour  a lawmaker representing the city of Sirjan  told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
Lawmakers did not disclose the specific actions that  Zarif  had discussed as plans for Iranian retaliation.
Newspapers on Tuesday ran pictures of  [TGT] laughing and hugging the commander of the guards  Major-General Mohammad Ali Jafari.
  [TGT] brief lawmakers on Wednesday about the expected U.S. action and about Iranâs plans for a response  according to members of parliament quoted in state media.
âIn the closed session   [TGT] emphasized that if the Americans take any steps against the nuclear deal that the Islamic Republic of Iran will give them a more crushing response â Shahbaz Hassanpour  a lawmaker representing the city of Sirjan  told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
Lawmakers did not disclose the specific actions that   [TGT] had discussed as plans for Iranian retaliation.