Mohsen Rezaei, a top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official and military adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, warned the United States on Friday of a “full-scale offensive” if it persisted with military strikes against Iran.
The comments come as the US completes its seventh consecutive day of strikes on Iran and Iranian retaliation at Arab US allies.
“No political border will be secure against Iran’s offensive forces,” Rezaei said and added that the US should be required to pay financial reparations for what Iranian officials have characterized as attacks on civilian infrastructure, which the US denied.
Rezaei’s threats largely mirror those recently made by US President Donald Trump, who had declared the already-fragile US-Iran ceasefire and memorandum of understanding “over” as the US launched new strikes on the country. Iran has retaliated by way of striking US bases within the territory of some of its Arab allies, including Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.
