Iran’s security chief says US to face new war strategy after strikes

TEHRAN: Iran's top security official has warned that the US will have to adopt a new strategy in the Middle East conflict following a significant escalation in hostilities. Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, made the statement on X, asserting that Tehran would not only avoid facing the dire consequences of its actions but would also witness the collapse of the US's foundations through its actions.

The US strikes, which were part of intermittent exchanges of fire since the Middle East war began on February 28, targeted various locations across Iran, including the coastline, the Strait of Hormuz, and provinces in the west, southwest, and south. One of these strikes occurred in Kuhestak town on Hormuz, killing four people and injuring 68 at a wedding, with Iran's foreign ministry branding it a "war crime."

In response, Iran launched retaliatory attacks against US military targets in Jordan, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. Iran's foreign ministry defended its actions, claiming they were a justified exercise of self-defense and urged regional countries to prevent the US from utilizing their territories for launching attacks on Iran.

Both sides have emphasized the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran maintaining a blockade and the US imposing a naval counter-blockade on Iranian ports.