Iran20 September, 20263 min read
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Vows Retaliation If U.S. Resumes Strikes
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Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya says it has information US planned to resume strikes on Iran. The group vows retaliation across the region if Washington attacks, targeting American bases and interests.
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Iran vows retaliation
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said it has received information suggesting the United States “decided to resume measures against Iran,” with the “green light of some regional countries” after a “joint meeting in a European country.”
The Iranian military vowed retaliation against U.S. interests and deployment areas in the region if Washington “makes a mistake,” warning regional states would be considered “complicit” if they “align with’ US ‘aggression.”
The Anadolu Ajansı report ties the renewed tensions to a war that began after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28, and it says Tehran responded with strikes on regional countries hosting U.S. assets.
Anadolu Ajansı also says Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and that Washington and Tehran signed a framework deal in June to halt military operations and reopen the strait to navigation, but that the deal later collapsed amid disagreements over navigation.
In parallel, DIE WELT reports that Iran’s military headquarters Chatham al-Anbia threatened “continuous, effective and painful attacks” against all U.S. bases and interests in the region if new attacks occur, while also saying Tehran rules out a return to talks without U.S. concessions.
Ghalibaf sets conditions
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran’s diplomatic positions were “completely clear, rational and non-negotiable,” and he warned there would be “no return to the previous conditions for negotiations or reopening of the Strait of Hormuz” until Iran’s conditions were met.
The Arab Weekly reports that Ghalibaf stressed the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until Iran’s “rights were recognised and US commitments fulfilled,” and it quotes him saying, “The enemy knows very well that the path of deception and one-sided imposition is closed.”
The Times of India similarly quotes Ghalibaf telling parliament that “We believe that the duality of war or negotiation is not real, but that we must both fight and negotiate,” and it repeats his warning that the “path of deception and unilateral imposition is closed.”
The same Times of India account says Iran conveyed its seven truce conditions to the U.S. through Qatari mediators and warns of “a decisive war” if Washington rejects its demands.
In the background of the threats, TRT World says Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned that if the U.S. resumes strikes, retaliation would target “American forces and interests across the region,” and it links the escalation to the Feb. 28 start of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
Strait of Hormuz at risk
The dispute over the Strait of Hormuz remains central to the standoff, with Anadolu Ajansı saying Iran closed the strait and that a June framework deal later collapsed over navigation disagreements. DIE WELT reports that reopening the Strait of Hormuz would be possible only once the United States fulfilled all of Tehran’s conditions, and it adds that Iran’s top security coordinator Mohsen Resai previously signaled willingness to end the conflict based on the June framework agreement. STL.News describes the conflict as entering a “critical diplomatic stage,” saying no ceasefire exists and that the United States continues military operations intended to restrict Iran’s maritime activity and protect commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
STL.News also says CENTCOM reported that “more than 2,000 commercial vessels have transited the waterway with U.S. assistance,” and it states the United States is enforcing a naval blockade against vessels traveling to or from Iranian ports. Meanwhile, Telemundo reports that Iran has closed the passage through the strait “since March in retaliation for U.S. attacks,” and it says Admiral Brad Cooper told a video on Saturday that there is “momentum” in favor of the U.S. getting more oil tankers through the strait.