Iran says won’t allow US warships to get close as Trump ponders new attacks
Iranian officials, media and analysts sense war is closer, but signal there will be no backing down.
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s armed forces say they are prepared to fire on United States warships as President Donald Trump said Washington was still deliberating new attacks or continued pressure on Iran.
Trump told supporters at a rally in Florida on Friday that the US military “may do another Epic Fury”, in reference to the extensive bombing campaign against Iran at the start of the war. He had earlier questioned whether to end the conflict quickly through huge attacks on Iran or let pressure on Tehran from a naval blockade and sanctions persist.
But Ali Abdollahi, chief of general staff of the Iranian armed forces, asserted that the US Navy is incapable of re-entering Iran’s territorial waters or its periphery due to Iran’s ability to target any vessel in the region.
The IRGC has threatened seabed internet and communication cables if Iran’s civilian infrastructure is again targeted by the US and Israel. US-based Axios on Saturday cited US intelligence claiming that Iranian authorities had “substantially increased” efforts to strike American officials in the Middle East and beyond.