Iran has warned Donald Trump it will “create hell” if the US or Israel makes “another mistake” in the Middle East. The threat was issued by one of Iran’s most senior security officials, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who said the “satanic Zionist-American coalition” would face devastating consequences if it launched further military action against Tehran.
In a message carried by Iran’s state-run Mehr News Agency, Zolghadr urged people to “look elsewhere than Washington and Tel Aviv for a credible threat”, adding that nearly five decades of Iranian “resistance” had reshaped the global security order. He said: “Forty-seven years and 100 days of resistance – from the battlefield to the city square, from the city square to the arena of politics and diplomacy – have transformed the world’s security order. If the satanic Zionist-American coalition makes another mistake, the region will become a hell for them.” He ended his statement by saying: “Greetings to the martyrs of Dahiyeh”- a reference to the Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut.
The remarks came as a fragile pause in hostilities between Iran and Israel appeared to hold after days of missile and air strikes.
Iranian officials have warned that any fresh military action by Israel or the US would trigger a tougher response, with Tehran also threatening “much more severe and crushing measures” if what it called acts of aggression continue.
Ali Khezrian, a member of Iran’s parliamentary National Security Committee, has reinforced the warning, saying Tehran would restart its missile campaign if Israel launched further attacks in Lebanon.
According to Iran International, Khezrian said the Islamic Republic would continue its missile operations for as long as its enemies violated the ceasefire across what it described as the “resistance front”.
He claimed suggestions that Iran had entered the conflict solely because of fighting in Lebanon were “a lie”, arguing that the truce had been repeatedly breached in both Lebanon and southern Iran.
Khezrian added that Tehran would no longer tolerate what it described as violations on either front, signalling that any fresh military action could prompt a renewed response from the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s latest threats come amid anger over Israel’s continued military operations in Lebanon, which Tehran says breach the terms of a fragile ceasefire and could trigger a fresh wave of missile attacks.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has urged Israel to return to the negotiating table following strikes in the country’s south.
In a rare public appeal, Aoun said a military solution “will never provide you with security and safety” for people living in northern Israel.
“We are ready, we are willing, we are committed. Are you? If you are, let’s sit and talk,” he said.
Aoun said he would not meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until an agreement to end the conflict had been reached.
He said any deal would be based on a non-aggression pact rather than a full peace agreement.
