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Khatam Al-Anbiya Warns US And Regional Allies: Any Aggression Against Iran Triggers Attacks

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Iran warns US and allies that any aggression will trigger sustained, painful attacks. Tehran plans to declare a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz and sanction violators.

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Khatam Al-Anbiya Warns US And Regional Allies: Any Aggression Against Iran Triggers Attacks
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Iran Threatens Retaliation

Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters issued a warning to the United States and regional countries, saying any hostile action against the Islamic Republic of Iran will trigger “sustained, effective and painful” attacks on their positions and interests across the region. In the same statement, the headquarters accused Washington of seeking to “cover up its failures and achieve false gains in a war that was launched based on lies,” and warned that if the US makes “any mistake against the Islamic Republic of Iran, all its positions and interests in the region will be targeted by sustained, effective and painful attacks, without any limitations or considerations.” Separately, Iran’s military central command said on state media that any new attack would trigger sustained retaliation against US bases and interests, and that Washington’s regional allies would be considered parties to the conflict.

The Reuters report also said the US State Department issued a security alert on Saturday warning of potential for unforeseen escalation, urging Americans to exercise more vigilance and be aware of possible flight cancellations and airspace closures. The CNBC account tied the heightened tension to Tehran’s defiant stance over the Strait of Hormuz, warning that the Iran war “has the potential to escalate rapidly.”

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US Warnings, Houthis Strike

The US State Department urged Americans to reconsider traveling to the Middle East as Iran tensions rise, warning that “This military conflict has the potential to escalate rapidly.” CNBC reported that Iran-backed Houthi rebels based in Yemen attacked “sensitive” sites in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh with missiles and drones on Saturday, and that flames and a large plume of smoke were seen near the city’s main airport even though local authorities had not cited the cause. Reuters said Iran warned against any big new attack by the United States and its allies, adding that it had information such a move was being prepared, while the region remained on edge after drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia.

Reuters also reported that on Saturday Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis said they had carried out strikes in Riyadh and on a major oil facility in the kingdom’s Red Sea port of Yanbu, with Reuters video showing a massive plume of black smoke billowing from the area of Riyadh’s main international airport. In parallel, the Independent described Saudi Arabia sending alerts overnight warning of potential danger around the capital and the city of Al-Kharj, after a Reuters journalist in Riyadh’s Olaya area heard booms before an all-clear and video showed a huge pillar of black smoke rising in the area.

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Hormuz, Energy Stakes

As the conflict stretches, Reuters said Iran reiterated on Sunday that it would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the terms of a June agreement, as it interpreted them, were met, and Reuters also reported that Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Iran would have to keep on fighting as well as negotiating. El País described how Hormuz has oscillated between reduced flows of around 60% when there are no attacks and almost complete closure when the United States and Iran exchange them, adding that oil prices have incorporated high risk premia but remained below $100 per barrel. El País also said the closure of the strait forced a reconfiguration of oil flows, with buyers substituting blocked oil in the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates partially redirecting exports by pipeline toward the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman, respectively.

In the same El País account, the International Energy Agency was cited as saying production lost in the Gulf is already 10 million barrels per day of oil and recovery is not expected until 2027, given rising security risks. Euronews reported that Irish Finance Minister Simon Harris said on its programme 12 Minutes With that “The reason there's a major energy crisis in the world right now is because the Strait of Hormuz is closed,” and added that de-escalation in the Middle East is the “greatest economic intervention we could see.”

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