In a warning to the United States, Iran recently said it has developed capabilities for a “naval confrontation”, claiming American ships in the Indian Ocean would be the target if war resumes.
“If war begins again, US ships, unless they leave the Indian Ocean, will be attacked wherever they are inside the Indian Ocean.
We have developed these capabilities,” Iranian security council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said, according to a post by the Iran Embassy in Hyderabad. Rezaei said Iran had increased the speed of their hypersonic missiles “from Mach 6 to Mach 10”. “We have also developed our electronic warfare systems, improved our air defenses, and we have other measures that we will use at the appropriate time,” the security council secretary added. He added that Tehran was “fully prepared”. “If America starts the war, we will confront America with greater force and with more numerous and more painful strikes,” Rezaei said.
Ghalibaf said Tehran’s messages and conditions were explicitly conveyed to the US through intermediaries, while stressing that the Strait of Hormuz won’t reopen until Iran’s rights are recognised and America fulfills its commitments, Tasnim News reported.
This comes even as Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said the “old American order” in West Asia had “collapsed”, while urging Islamic nations in the region to implement a new one. “Iranians better behave, and he (Trump) is making this decision as to whether or not to blow up their nation,” Yingst said citing Trump. Trump further told Fox News there are three choices on the table for the conflict – “wiping Iran out,” “letting them rot economically” or “making a deal. However, Trump said he was “open” to meeting with Iran’s President.
