The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a formal statement to Iran's state media, saying its response to recent hostilities will come before dawn on Thursday. The threat follows a series of escalating IRGC statements over the past 48 hours, as The Zioneer reported, and comes as Israel's military says it is preparing for Iranian fire in the coming hours, but the specific nature, scale, and target of the promised response remain unstated.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) escalated its rhetoric to a formal state-media announcement moments ago, setting a concrete deadline of 'before dawn Thursday' for its promised retaliation. The statement, carried by Iran's official news agencies, marks the first time in this crisis that the IRGC has given an explicit operational timeframe in an authorized communiqué, moving beyond the vague 'imminent' or 'soon' language that characterized earlier warnings.
This latest threat follows a 48-hour sequence The Zioneer has tracked: the IRGC Air Force vowed a 'decisive direct response' (published June 11, 01:46 Jerusalem); a subsequent statement threatened an 'earthshaking response' before dawn Wednesday (published 14:23 Jerusalem); and the IDF confirmed at 17:12 Jerusalem it is preparing for Iranian fire 'in the coming hours' with no change to Home Front Command guidelines. The progression from unofficial channel postings to a formal IRGC statement to state media suggests a deliberate escalation in message authority.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today, Iran's state news agency IRNA stated no final US-Iran deal text exists until Tehran approves it, and the IRGC has separately announced readiness for expected US strikes. These parallel developments frame the current threat within a wider context of Iran signaling military preparedness while publicly disputing diplomatic progress.
What remains open: the IRGC has not specified whether the response will be direct or via proxies, what weapon systems will be used, or the intended target. There is no independent corroboration that operational orders have been issued on the ground. Regional airspace and civil-defense status remain unchanged as of this report.
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