An Iranian regime-affiliated journalist, Mehrdad Khalili, said that the US strikes on southern Iran broke the containment framework that had limited Iran's retaliation to American targets since the ceasefire, and that Tehran's response will be 'completely different' and harsher, according to a post by Israeli security analyst Yair Goldblatt on X.
An Iranian regime-affiliated journalist, Mehrdad Khalili, stated that the US strikes on southern Iran overnight broke the implicit rule of containment that had limited Iran's retaliation to American targets since the ceasefire agreement took effect. He warned that Iran's response will now be 'completely different' and proportional to the 'most violent aggression' against southern Iran to date. The statement was shared on X by Israeli security analyst Yair Goldblatt, whose channel has been tracking the US-Iran escalation.
The Zioneer's archive includes several analyst assessments on the US-Iran escalation, including a June 10 bulletin citing analyst Haim Cohen warning that if the US strikes Iran, Iran might retaliate against Israel, and a June 15 report that Iran had shelved planned retaliation. The current statement by Khalili, a figure close to the Iranian regime, suggests that Tehran is signaling a departure from the limited-response framework that has characterized the post-ceasefire period. It remains unclear whether this reflects official policy or internal debate, and no further details on the nature of the planned response have been reported.
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