Iran’s latest warning to the US signals the hardliners are just getting started
US President Donald Trump is struggling to extract the United States from a war that he started almost six months ago – alternating between claims that Tehran is “begging” for a deal, and threats to renew military attacks. Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington. The … The post Iran’s latest warning to the US signals…
Iran's hardline leadership is intensifying its confrontation with the United States after a Memorandum of Understanding, intended to end the war, expired. The strategy now emphasizes offensive operations alongside defensive measures, with military leaders confident they can extract concessions from the US. Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued decrees reorganizing security leadership, while his adviser Mohammad Mokhber declared "the strategy of shifting the war to an offensive posture if Iran's conditions are not met will undoubtedly transform the balance of power in the world."
Mohsen Rezaie, the new head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, belongs to a faction within the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) that believes "the only way to get concessions from the US is the continuation of fighting, exerting pressure on the US and a steady dose of pain on Donald Trump." Iran's security apparatus is developing the ability to launch operations "on enemy soil," while the IRGC has been tasked with targeting US military facilities in the region.
The regime is also adapting tactics rapidly, with new generation ballistic missiles and innovative drone use.
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