{"id":329197,"date":"2026-07-22T07:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=329197"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:55:07","slug":"irans-military-any-us-attack-on-nuclear-sites-amounts-to-expansion-of-war-entails-widespread-reprisal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=329197","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s military: Any US attack on nuclear sites amounts to \u2018expansion of war,\u2019 entails widespread reprisal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Presstv.ir.com \u2013 July 21, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Iran\u2019s highest military command, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, has sternly warned the United States against acting on its threat of attacking the Islamic Republic&#8217;s nuclear facilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe criminal United States has threatened to attack the nuclear facilities and other sensitive sites of the Islamic Republic,\u201d the headquarters said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is hereby declared that, should the aggressor and terrorist military of that country proceed to such a stage, we will consider it an expansion of the war in the region,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, all interests of the United States, as well as those of its allies and supporters of that rogue and malign state, will become targets of powerful [retaliatory] attacks by the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The warning came after US President Donald Trump said, during a meeting with Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun, that the United States would target Iran&#8217;s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site \u201cpretty soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was not the first time Trump was coming up with such a threat.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to one such threat earlier this month, President Masoud Pezeshkian described such menacing remarks as \u201cdisrespectful\u201d and said they were \u201conly worthy\u201d of those making them, \u201cnot the Iranian nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who intended to break our Iran into pieces, where have they ended up?\u201d Pezeshkian further asked.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s most recent threat came amid the United States\u2019 successive violations of its commitments towards Iran that have manifested in the form of unprovoked acts of aggression against the Islamic Republic\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Armed Forces have staged uncompromising retaliation in the face of each instance of violation, including those taking place in support of illegal vessel movement in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2026\/07\/21\/772746\/Iran-United-States-attack-nuclear-sites-Pickaxe\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>IRGC declares \u2018dark night for US radars\u2019; Army strikes three bases in Kuwait<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Presstv.ir.com \u2013 July 21, 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has destroyed multiple US military radar and communications facilities in the region, while the Army reports drone strikes on three US bases in Kuwait in ongoing retaliation for American violations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The announcements were made in a series of statements issued early Tuesday, describing the latest phases of the IRGC\u2019s Operation Nasr- (Victory) 2 and the Army\u2019s Operation Sa&#8217;eqeh (Lightning) in response to the United States&#8217;\u00a0renewed aggression against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IRGC vows to teach US an \u2018unforgettable lesson\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MixPErhFzN\">https:\/\/t.co\/MixPErhFzN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressTV\/status\/2079219038731768179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In its first statement, the IRGC said the second phase of wave 24 of Operation Nasr-2 targeted infrastructure supporting US military air defense operations in Kuwait. The Corps said the latest phase was staged \u201cto clear the way by eliminating obstacles to large-scale air and missile operations\u201d against American targets in the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, missiles and drones struck and destroyed a long-range radar site, a communications center, satellite reception systems, and a missile defense radar belonging to the \u201cchild-killing US military\u201d stationed in Kuwait. The IRGC also said an MQ-9 drone hangar at Ali al-Salem Airbase was hit in the country, adding that several drones were either destroyed or severely damaged as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Iranian nation, the Corps vowed, \u201cThe punitive operation carried out by your sons [in the IRGC] continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a second statement issued later, the IRGC said it had carried out another strike against US air defense assets at Ahmad al-Jaber Airbase in Kuwait. The statement said an early warning radar, a missile defense radar system, an FPS-117 radar, a Patriot air defense system, and a satellite communications system supporting air defense operations were struck and destroyed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IRGC to US: \u2018Prepare for more\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brave sons of a powerful Iran delivered crushing blows to the desperate enemy. As the dark night continued for US radar and air defense systems across the region,\u201d the Corps stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing this radar suppression operation, the enemy should prepare for more decisive and heavier waves of drone and missile attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018Region no place for US aggressors\u2019: IRGC asserts as it announces destroying F-15 warplane<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Later, the Corps announced the latest stage of its efforts to incapacitate the US\u00a0regional radar capabilities, describing yet another strike that \u201cdestroyed a missile-defense radar system at a US base in Jordan and destroyed an F-15 fighter aircraft inside its shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis region is no place for the American aggressors. The child-killing US military must leave our region to prevent further casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Army&#8217;s Public Relations Office said the 19th phase of its Operation Sa&#8217;eqeh\u00a0targeted three US military bases in Kuwait, using loitering attack drones.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the operation targeted the administrative buildings and direction-finding antennas at Camp Arifjan, the helicopter parking area at al-Udairi Camp, and the troop accommodation building at Ahmad al-Jaber Airbase.<\/p>\n<p>The Army said the operation was carried out \u201cin response to repeated acts of aggression and repeated breaches of commitments by the \u2018Great Satan (the United States).\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Concluding the statement, the Army lamented that regional security had been compromised by the hostile actions of US forces, adding that Iran&#8217;s Armed Forces were seeking, through their confrontation with the United States, to restore security and stability to the region.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has perpetrated numerous violations against Iranian territory since April 7, when US President Donald Trump announced a unilateral ceasefire in the latest bout of wholesale American-Israeli aggression targeting the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The violations continued even after Washington and Tehran signed a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding last month, whose first clause clearly mandates cessation of aggression on all fronts.<\/p>\n<p>The US has also been trying to help vessels evade the maritime route designated by the Islamic Republic for safe and legal passage through the Strait of Hormuz by seeking to escort trespassing vessels through an illegal passageway.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Armed Forces have staged uncompromising retaliation in the face of each instance of violation, including those in support of illegal vessel movement in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2026\/07\/21\/772689\/Iran-United-States-radar-systems-IRGC-Army\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will the US take heed, or will it follow through on its threat, as Iran retaliates against more high value US targets?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":243974,"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":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran-u-s-israel-war"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329197","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=329197"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329204,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329197\/revisions\/329204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/243974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}