{"id":310296,"date":"2025-06-13T06:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T06:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310296"},"modified":"2025-06-14T06:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:43:50","slug":"exclusive-us-israel-will-be-caught-by-surprise-if-iran-attacked-says-senior-security-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310296","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: US, Israel will be caught by \u2018surprise\u2019 if Iran attacked, says senior security official"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 June 12, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>A senior Iranian security official says the Islamic Republic is at its \u201chighest level of military readiness\u201d and warns any act of aggression by the United States or Israel would be met with a swift and unexpected response.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran is currently at its highest level of military readiness, and if the United States or the Zionist regime attempts any act of aggression, they will be caught by surprise,\u201d the official, who did not wish to be named, told Press TV.<\/p>\n<p>The security official downplayed recent US\u00a0military repositioning in the region, calling it a defensive reaction to Iran\u2019s warnings that it would target their regional interests and bases in case of any act of aggression in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the Americans are doing is not a message of threat to Iran, but rather a reaction to Iran\u2019s threats against their interests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Speaking to Press TV, a senior Iranian security official warned that the Islamic Republic will surprise the US and Israel if they attempt any aggressive actions.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Press TV on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/boCY50qfi9\">https:\/\/t.co\/boCY50qfi9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vqil9SykyK\">pic.twitter.com\/Vqil9SykyK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/1933060086072553915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The remarks come as the United States begins a partial evacuation of its personnel from the West Asia region. On Wednesday, the US State Department ordered the departure of non-emergency staff from its embassy in Baghdad and advised\u00a0the voluntary departure of military dependents from bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump confirmed the move, saying, \u201cThey are being moved out because it could be a dangerous place. We\u2019ve given notice to move out, and we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>US officials cited heightened tensions in the region and intelligence suggesting that Israel may be preparing a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, prompting fears of Iranian retaliation against American assets in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian security official said the trove of secret Israeli documents Iran has recently obtained \u201chas given Iran extensive intelligence superiority regarding the target bank of the United States and the Zionist regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib of Iran confirmed that the materials, which include documents on Israel\u2019s clandestine nuclear program and records of its nuclear plans and facilities, had been transferred under heavy secrecy to Iran and would be published soon.<\/p>\n<p>The security official also pointed to recent advances in Iran\u2019s military capabilities, including the successful test of a ballistic missile with a two-ton warhead, as announced by Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Nasirzadeh.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RPz2r6mRRA\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310229\">Top US general says he presented Trump with plans to hit Iran, military ready to strike if ordered<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Top US general says he presented Trump with plans to hit Iran, military ready to strike if ordered&#8221; &#8212; The Truthseeker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310229&#038;embed=true#?secret=HTxk2m6Ahr#?secret=RPz2r6mRRA\" data-secret=\"RPz2r6mRRA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran is now capable of catching its enemies by surprise by launching deadly preemptive strikes before any hostile movement on their part,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>The contradicting messages coming out of Washington indicated that they have no \u201cpractical initiative on the battlefield\u201d and therefore have resorted to psychological warfare, he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2025\/06\/12\/749673\/Iran-surprise-US-Israel-attack-Press-TV\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether they\u2019ve been locally developed or acquired from Russia, Iranian officials have displayed such confidence when questioned about U.S. strikes that we really don\u2019t think they are bluffing. It all suggests that Iran still has unknown capabilities hidden up its sleeve    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":247514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=310296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310299,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310296\/revisions\/310299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/247514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=310296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=310296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=310296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}