IRGC Warns Any New Aggression Against Iran Would Trigger Devastating Hellish Response

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps warned that any renewed act of aggression against Iran would trigger a “devastating and hellish” response “on regional and trans-regional scales,” as IRGC Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi marked the 44th anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr from Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein.

Vahidi framed the recent conflict as the “third imposed war,” saying the Iranian nation emerged victorious after the “terrorist attack of the Zionist-American enemy,” which he said resulted in the martyrdom of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, several military commanders, and schoolchildren in Minab.

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He said the enemy, after facing 40 days of “crushing resistance” and a “decisive and devastating response” by Iran’s Armed Forces, was forced to seek a ceasefire “in humiliation,” and he described the latest conflict as a “hybrid war.”

In a separate message, Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Iran’s armed forces would give a harsh and hellish response to any renewed aggression and would not allow “painful historical experiences to be repeated.”

Both messages tied the warnings to Iran’s posture of readiness and deterrence across multiple domains, with Vahidi saying Iran’s Armed Forces are at the highest level of readiness and active deterrence across missile, air, naval, ground, space, and cyber.

Mehr News Agency reported that Vahidi invoked the 1982 liberation of Khorramshahr—freed after 578 days of occupation—and said Iran emerged with its head held high after 40 days of “crushing and decisive resistance,” forcing the enemy to seek a ceasefire in humiliation.

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Mehr also said Vahidi laid out five strategic conclusions, including that Khorramshahr’s lesson is reliance on internal power and active deterrence, and that Iran’s nuclear, missile, defensive, and offensive advances have forced enemies to recalculate.

PressTV similarly said the IRGC General Command marked the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr on May 24, 1982, and asserted that “any renewed aggression by the enemy will result in a devastating and hellish response at the regional and extra-regional level.”

Iran’s warnings also intersected with ceasefire diplomacy in Lebanon, as the Iranian Foreign Ministry welcomed the ceasefire between Lebanon and the Israeli occupation and said it was part of an understanding of a ceasefire between Iran and the United States brokered by Pakistan.

In that same context, the IRGC threatened a “devastating response” to any American or Israeli aggression that violates the truce, while Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baqayi said Iran stressed the need for a simultaneous ceasefire across the region, including Lebanon.

The IRGC added that the army and the IRGC are ready to respond forcefully to any aggressive and criminal act by the enemies, and it said Iran would also avenge those who perished aboard the ship “Dina,” which the United States sank on March 4 last year in international waters.

Separately, the Tehran Times message described the liberation of Khorramshahr as a lasting model for future victories, including the liberation of al-Quds and the destruction of the “criminal Zionist regime” by the axis of resistance and Muslim fighters worldwide.