Iran warns of a “devastating” response to any U.S. “mistake”

Iran is fully prepared to respond militarily to the United States and its allies if Washington makes any “mistake,” Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Commission, warned on Tuesday, as Al Jazeera reports.

“Our armed forces are more prepared than ever, with their fingers on the trigger, waiting for any miscalculation by the U.S. or the Zionist regime,” Azizi wrote in a post on X. “The response they will face will be even harsher and more devastating than anything they have seen before,” he added.

The warning comes at a moment of high tension, as the war between the U.S. and Iran has entered its eighth month and the American naval blockade continues to keep Iranian oil exports at zero. Senior Iranian officials have issued a series of similar warnings in recent weeks, linking any possible escalation to the fate of the Strait of Hormuz.

Azizi’s statement also follows Tehran’s repeated warnings that any new American attack would be followed by strikes on U.S. bases in the region, a threat Washington has called unacceptable.