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Iran Warns US It Will Retaliate After US Decides To Resume Strikes
Iranian military says it has information US decided to resume strikes on Iran. Iran vows sustained retaliation across the region if the United States attacks.
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Iran vows retaliation
Iran’s military said it has received information suggesting the United States decided to resume strikes against the Islamic Republic, with the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warning that “the criminal America, has once again decided to resume measures against Iran.”
“the criminal America, has once again decided to resume measures against Iran”
The statement, carried by state-run broadcaster IRIB, said the decision came with “the green light of some regional countries” during a joint meeting in a European country, and it vowed retaliation against US interests and deployment areas in the region if Washington “makes a mistake.”
Iran warned regional countries that if they “align with’ US ‘aggression’” they would be considered complicit and could “no longer expect restraint or decency from Iran’s powerful armed forces,” according to Anadolu Ajansı.
The Anadolu Ajansı account also tied the renewed threat to heightened tensions after the US and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28, prompting Tehran to respond with strikes on regional countries hosting US assets and closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Parliament speaker sets terms
Iran’s central military command and state media also framed the issue as an impending US move that would trigger sustained strikes on American bases and interests across the region, with the Arab Weekly reporting that Iran’s military said it had been notified the United States, backed by some regional countries, was preparing to resume military action.
The Arab Weekly reported that Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told a parliamentary session that Tehran’s positions were “completely clear, rational and non-negotiable,” and he said there would be no return to the previous conditions for negotiations or reopening of the Strait of Hormuz until Iran’s conditions were met.
Ghalibaf rejected the idea that Iran had to choose between war and negotiations, saying: “We believe that the dichotomy of war or negotiations is not real; rather, we must both fight and negotiate.”
In parallel, the Times of India reported that Iran’s central command said any US attack would be retaliated “without any limitations or considerations,” and it cited Ghalibaf saying Iran must pursue both military action and negotiations at the appropriate time.
Diplomacy and the Strait
While Iran issued warnings about renewed US strikes, STL.News described a diplomatic track in which Iranian officials said Tehran transmitted conditions for renewed negotiations to the Trump administration through Qatar, with Mohsen Rezaei telling Al Jazeera on Sept. 19 that Qatar had delivered Iranian conditions and Tehran was waiting for President Donald Trump’s response.
“We are awaiting President Trump’s response”
STL.News said Rezaei identified three major Iranian demands: an end to fighting on all fronts, the release of frozen Iranian funds, and termination of the U.S. naval blockade, and it said Iran believes another major U.S. attack remains possible if negotiations fail.
On the maritime front, STL.News said the Strait of Hormuz remained central to war control, noting that U.S. Central Command commander Adm. Brad Cooper said more than 2,000 commercial vessels have transited the waterway with U.S. assistance and that the volume of crude oil, liquefied natural gas and other cargo passing through the strait during the past two weeks reached its highest level in six months.
The same STL.News account said the United States is enforcing a naval blockade against vessels traveling to or from Iranian ports and that Iran wants the blockade removed as part of any settlement, while Telemundo reported that Iran has kept the passage closed by Iran since March in retaliation for U.S. attacks.