Iran says war with US unlikely to resume, but it’s ready to retaliate

Tehran also says it is reviewing draft peace deal, but US says report ‘not true’

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on May 27 that a return to war with the United States is unlikely, while warning that the Islamic republic stands ready against any attack.

The statement came a day after Iran accused the US of breaching the ceasefire in place since April, and warned that it was ready to retaliate after the most serious strikes since the truce took effect.

“The possibility of war is low because of the enemy’s weakness. The armed forces are lying in wait with full magazines,” Mr Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political chief of the Revolutionary Guards’ navy, was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying.

“Do not doubt that we will turn the area from Chabahar to Mahshahr into a graveyard for aggressors,” he said, naming places at each end of Iran’s lengthy southern coast.

Meanwhile, Tehran’s Intelligence Ministry said the US and Israel are still seeking to overthrow the government.

The ministry said it has evidence that the US and Israel plan to smuggle “various weapons, ammunition and illegal communication tools, especially Starlink” satellite internet devices, into Iran to foment religious and ethnic divisions and carry out sabotage missions.

Amid the bellicose rhetoric, Iran’s state TV said Tehran has received a draft of an initial, unofficial framework for a memorandum of understanding with the US on ending the conflict.