Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hussein Dehqan downplayed the possibility of ISIL’s threat to Iran, but said Tehran would give a crushing response to any kind of threat posed to the country.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hussein Dehqan downplayed the possibility of ISIL's threat to Iran, but said Tehran would give a crushing response to any kind of threat posed to the country.

"The ISIL terrorist group doesn’t have the power and capability to threaten the Iranian borders and we don’t assume this group to be a threat to us because presence (and growth) of ISIL is never tolerated by the Iranian society," Dehqan said in Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf on Thursday.

"Yet, the Iranian security, military and law enforcement forces are definitely so powerful that they can foil any move by this group before it starts," he added.