The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Saturday night that it has raised its operational readiness to the highest level and issued a final warning to all regional states hosting US forces: immediate removal of American military presence or face direct targeting and total destruction. The statement follows earlier IRGC declarations of maximum alert and signals an escalation in the standoff with the United States.
The statement, issued at 23:55 Jerusalem time, is the latest in a series of IRGC declarations of maximum readiness. Earlier on Saturday, at 16:04, the IRGC spokesman announced that Iran's armed forces had entered the highest level of alert and were transitioning to war protocols, as The Zioneer reported. The new statement sharpens the threat: regional states that host US bases and forces must remove them immediately or face 'total destruction' of American presence, assets, and interests in the Gulf. It also warns that any aggression launched from their territory or airspace will trigger a comprehensive and severe response. The escalation comes amid a months-long standoff between Iran and the United States, which has included US strikes on Iranian infrastructure and Iranian warnings of retaliation. The IRGC's language leaves no room for ambiguity, effectively presenting regional host nations with a binary choice: evict US forces or become targets.
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