Iran's Guards warn of war 'beyond region' if US attacks

Iran's chief negotiator said on Wednesday the United States wanted to restart the Middle East war after President Donald Trump said he would attack again unless Tehran agreed a peace deal.

- Agence France-Presse

A woman handles a Kalashnikov rifle during a weapons training class in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday.

(AFP)

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who warned of a “forceful response”, was speaking after Iran's Revolutionary Guards said any renewed war would spread far beyond the Middle East.

“The enemy's movements, both overt and clandestine, show that despite economic and political pressure, it has not abandoned its military objectives and is seeking to start a new war,” Ghalibaf said in an audio message carried by Iranian media.

The Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday: “If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time spread far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you.”

“The American-Zionist enemy... must know that despite the offensive carried out against us using the full capabilities of the world’s two most expensive armies, we have not deployed the full power of the Islamic revolution,” the Guards said in a statement on their Sepah News website.