"In threatening remarks," a top Iranian commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that Iran is prepared to "annihilate" U.S. and Israeli war forces should they "take the slightest military move against Iran," according to Iran's state-controlled Fars News Agency.

"We monitor their acts day and night and will take every opportunity to set fire to all their economic and political interests if they do a wrong deed," Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the IRGC's lieutenant commander, was quoted as saying in Tehran on Thursday.

In a direct threat to both the United States and Israel, Salami promised to "cut off enemies' hands and fingers will then send its dust to the air," according to the report.

These Iranian military officials were responding to multiple claims by U.S. officials that a military option against Tehran still remains on the table, despite the recently inked accord, which aims to constrain the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear program.