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Regional states serving as US shield will ‘burn in fire of war’: Top commander
Commander of Iran’s top joint military command, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned regional countries against aligning with the United States, saying any state that acts as a “defensive shield” for Washington will “burn in the fire of war.”
In a message addressed to countries in the region on Saturday, Major General Ali Abdollahi said the United States is “pursuing, with increasing speed, the path of widespread warmongering in a regional war,” describing the approach as part of “a dangerous strategy aimed at expansion and illegitimate domination across the entire region.”
“We explicitly declare that Muslim countries must exercise foresight, monitor America’s crimes, and reconsider cooperation and alignment with the United States,” he said. “Otherwise, any country that turns itself into a defensive shield for the criminal and aggressor United States will burn in the fire of war.”
The United States has used its bases that are spread out in regional countries in its 40-day joint war of aggression on Iran, which began on February 28. Iran, in response, has attacked US military bases and interests in those countries, in addition to Israeli targets in the occupied territories.
In its latest retaliatory attacks, Iran’s Armed Forces launched strikes on the US bases in Kuwait on Saturday.
The commander said the recent war against Iran demonstrated that the “criminal United States” would refrain from no act of “mischief or destruction” in pursuit of its “satanic objectives,” even at the expense of the interests and resources of Muslim nations.
He said Muslim countries should recognize that Washington is using their capital, wealth, critical infrastructure, and strategic resources “as a defensive shield for its worn-out army” while simultaneously strengthening the military and security apparatus of the “child-killing and terrorist Zionist regime.”
He further said Iran, its armed forces, and the Axis of Resistance have shown that the regional balance of power “no longer follows its previous parameters,” arguing that the United States and Israel have failed to achieve their “aggressive and illegitimate strategies” against the Islamic Republic.
However, the US President Donald Trump reiterated his threats against Iran on Friday.
Speaking to reporters Friday during a meeting with members of his Cabinet at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, Trump said “we just want to win” in Iran and signaled that he expected US military action to continue for some time.
He claimed the US will hit Iran “very hard” until they can’t take it anymore.