{"id":329573,"date":"2026-08-02T06:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=329573"},"modified":"2026-08-03T07:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:55:39","slug":"regional-states-serving-as-us-shield-will-burn-in-fire-of-war-top-iranian-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=329573","title":{"rendered":"Regional states serving as US shield will \u2018burn in fire of war\u2019: Top Iranian commander"},"content":{"rendered":"

PressTV.ir \u2013 Aug 1, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Commander of Iran\u2019s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Major General Ali Abdollahi has warned regional countries against aligning with the United States, saying any state that acts as a \u201cdefensive shield\u201d for Washington will \u201cburn in the fire of war.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a message addressed to countries in the region on Saturday, General Abdollahi said the United States is \u201cpursuing, with increasing speed, the path of widespread warmongering in a regional war,\u201d describing the approach as part of \u201ca dangerous strategy aimed at expansion and illegitimate domination across the entire region.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe explicitly declare that Muslim countries must exercise foresight, monitor America\u2019s crimes, and reconsider cooperation and alignment with the United States,\u201d he said. \u201cOtherwise, any country that turns itself into a defensive shield for the criminal and aggressor United States will burn in the fire of war.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The commander said the recent war against the Islamic Republic demonstrated that the \u201ccriminal United States\u201d would refrain from no act of \u201cmischief or destruction\u201d in pursuit of its \u201csatanic objectives,\u201d even at the expense of the interests and resources of Muslim nations.<\/p>\n

He said Muslim countries should recognize that Washington is using their capital, wealth, critical infrastructure, and strategic resources \u201cas a defensive shield for its worn-out army\u201d while simultaneously strengthening the military and security apparatus of the \u201cchild-killing and terrorist Zionist regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further said Iran, its armed forces, and the Axis of Resistance have shown that the regional balance of power \u201cno longer follows its previous parameters,\u201d arguing that the United States and Israel have failed to achieve their \u201caggressive and illegitimate strategies\u201d against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

Iran and Yemen\u2019s Ansarullah resistance movement have taken control of the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab Strait, respectively, amid escalations from the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

On Friday evening, Secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, Mohammad Bagher Zolqadr, warned that continued warmongering on the part of the United States will tighten the closure that the country has imposed on the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe continuation of the US regime\u2019s maritime blockade and warmongering will further tighten the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and also close other straits and chokepoints, and the global economy, energy markets, and American voters will pay the price,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By extension this warning also applies to the UK and Bulgaria. Both NATO members have air bases that recently hosted U.S. military aircraft. So, either through refuelling or rearming, both nations have been instrumental in the U.S. war against Iran <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":329511,"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":[51,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran","category-iran-u-s-israel-war"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329573","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=329573"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329605,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329573\/revisions\/329605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/329511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}