Iran has issued a wave of warnings over the past two weeks, coming from multiple directions at once — and together, they paint a picture of an increasingly tense standoff with the US.
The most urgent: Iran said Thursday it will "crush" key targets across the Middle East if President Trump follows through on threats to strike Iranian infrastructure. Trump told Fox News this week that without a diplomatic breakthrough, "next week it gets really bad for them… next week comes the power plants. Next week comes the bridges."
In a symbolically major moment, Mojtaba Khamenei — who quietly became Iran’s Supreme Leader after his father’s assassination — issued his first major strategic and security declaration since taking power, released just after the conclusion of his father’s multi-day state funeral. The statement doesn’t explicitly name the US or Israel, but it follows Trump’s own warning of "overwhelming" retaliation if Iran targets American officials.
Meanwhile, Iran’s IRGC Navy claims it fired warning shots to stop a vessel attempting to use an "unauthorized route" through the Strait of Hormuz, accusing multiple ships of ignoring Iran’s designated shipping lanes at the urging of "foreign powers."
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Iran’s newest direct threat to "crush" targets
The new Supreme Leader’s first major statement, explained
What’s happening at the Strait of Hormuz right now
What Trump’s own threats mean for what comes next
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