Ebrahim Rezaee, spokesperson for the Iranian parliament's National Security Committee, said that the idea that Israel and the U.S. could deliver a fatal blow during a two-day market closure is an 'illusion' that Prime Minister Netanyahu whispered to President Trump, according to N12. He warned that if Iran is struck, Tehran will 'return the entire region and its facilities to the stone age.'
Ebrahim Rezaee, the spokesperson for the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, issued a stark warning on Saturday, dismissing the notion that a rapid strike during a market closure could subdue Iran. Rezaee claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had 'whispered an illusion' into U.S. President Donald Trump's ear, suggesting that a two-day window of closed markets would suffice for a decisive operation. He threatened that any attack on Iran would result in the 'entire region and its facilities being returned to the stone age.'
This statement was the first in a coordinated two-stage Iranian deterrent message. At 12:01 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported Rezaee's remarks. Less than two hours later, at 13:25 Jerusalem, an official Iranian government statement echoed the same language, warning that any attack would return the region to the 'stone age' and adding a direct admonition: 'Don't be foolish.' The escalation from a parliamentary spokesperson to an official government warning marked a rapid intensification of Tehran's rhetoric.
As The Zioneer has previously reported, Rezaee has a track record of bellicose statements, including warnings of 'severe blows' and readiness for conflict, and has linked Israeli threats to potential revisions of Iran's nuclear doctrine. The current messaging comes amid ongoing U.S. military posture in the region under the Trump administration's 'peace through strength' policy.
The immediate operational timeline for any potential strike remains unclear, and Israeli or U.S. official responses to the Iranian statements have not been detailed at this hour.
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