The commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters promised that American military bases in the region would be attacked 'in such a case,' according to Abu Ali Express. The specific scenario was not elaborated in the statement, which follows a series of escalating Iranian threats against US assets amid ongoing kinetic exchanges between Washington and Tehran.
The commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters — the supreme joint command of the Islamic Republic's armed forces — reiterated Tuesday night that American bases in the region would be attacked 'in such a case,' according to a report by Abu Ali Express. The statement did not specify the scenario, but it follows a series of threats from the same command structure issued earlier in the evening.
Just 17 minutes before this latest statement, The Zioneer reported (citing journalist Asaf Rozentzweig of N12) that the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters had threatened to 'broadly attack American assets if the United States strikes Iranian oil tankers.' That threat, published at 21:48 Jerusalem, expanded the target set beyond the regional bases mentioned in a prior warning from the same command — also at 21:48 — which warned that damage to Iranian oil tankers would trigger strikes on US bases. The current reiteration reverts to the narrower focus on bases, leaving unclear whether this reflects a tactical recalibration or a restatement of the same deterrent posture.
The Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters has been the primary vehicle for Iranian escalation rhetoric during the ongoing US-Iran kinetic confrontation. As The Zioneer has reported, the command previously claimed to have launched 'powerful attacks' on US bases in June (published June 10), threatened to shut down regional oil exports (June 11), and warned that Israeli strikes on Hezbollah's Dahieh stronghold would not go unanswered (June 14). Other threats from the same command have included vows of revenge for the killing of former Supreme Leader Khamenei and a 'for every martyr, one American' pledge in July.
As of this report, no independent verification exists of any new Iranian attack on US bases, and the statement remains a verbal threat. The specific trigger scenario for the promised attack was not elaborated, leaving the nature of the perceived 'such a case' open.
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