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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Prepares Prolonged War as U.S. and Israel Plan Strikes After November 3
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IRGC warns renewed US-Israeli attacks could lead Iran to invade neighbors and strike US bases. US and Israel are drafting plans for a short, intensive attack on Iran after midterms.
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Plans after midterms
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Hossein Mohebi said, “The war has not ended. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has prepared for a prolonged war,” as U.S. and Israeli planning for renewed strikes against Iran after the U.S. midterm elections on November 3 intensified.
The U.S. State Department ordered nonessential U.S. government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, and State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said on X that reports about broader departures were inaccurate.
The New York Times reported that the American and Israeli militaries “have developed specific plans for renewed strikes against Iran after the American midterm elections,” with targets “would likely include Iran’s energy infrastructure, nuclear facilities, and missile and drone arsenal.”
NPR’s Greg Myre said the U.S. is sending a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East and that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while Myre said the USS Theodore Roosevelt “won’t be in the region for another week or so.”
Iran’s doctrine and threats
The IRGC said its shift to an “offensive and asymmetrical” defence doctrine would mean Tehran would respond and launch an offensive if a country attacks it, with IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi saying, “Now we say that if a country attacks us, we will both respond and launch an offensive,”. Mohebi said the missile stockpile has increased 1.5 times since the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June 2025, and he said Iranian forces were in the “stage of preparing to unveil the ‘father of all bombs’.”
Mohsen Rezaei, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, said in an October 22 statement that in the event of a new attack by the United States and Israel, Iran would target oil facilities, undersea cables, data centers, and artificial intelligence infrastructure in seven Gulf states. Mehdi Mohammadi, adviser to Mohammad Qalibaf, said, “Our strategy is 'There are no red lines',” and he asserted that the war would last longer and take place on a geographic scale far broader than opponents expect.
Regional stakes and markets
The IRGC’s navy said four vessels it accused of being involved in illegal oil transfers were struck and caught fire in the northern Gulf, and it said three other vessels hit mines west of the strait. The CNBC report said a strike Wednesday on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam killed at least one person and injured eight, and it said two people died in a drone attack on Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field.
Brent crude climbed above $110 a barrel on Thursday amid fears of further disruptions, and NPR said Brent crude oil was trading at $114 a barrel, the highest since May, based on talk of possible action. NPR’s Greg Myre said Iran wants formal control over the Strait of Hormuz and wants U.S. troops out of the region, while Myre said the U.S. still has two critical issues, a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a deal on Iran’s nuclear program.