Posted on 03/31/2025 7:49:49 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday the U.S. would receive a strong blow if it acts on President Donald Trump's threat to bomb unless Tehran reaches a new nuclear deal with Washington.
Trump reiterated his threat on Sunday that Iran would be bombed if it does not accept his offer for talks outlined in a letter sent to Iran's leadership in early March, giving Tehran a two-month window to make a decision.
Iran handed a warning on Monday about Trump's threats to Switzerland's embassy, which represents U.S. interests and acts as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran, state media said. In its warning, Tehran expressed determination to respond "decisively and immediately" to any threat.
"The enmity from the U.S. and Israel has always been there. They threaten to attack us, which we don’t think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief they will surely receive a strong reciprocal blow," Khamenei said.
"And if they are thinking of causing sedition inside the country as in past years, the Iranian people themselves will deal with them," he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Oh, did I hurt your feelings?
Your support for the Russians and their allies is pretty obvious. Just own it. It’s amusing when you guys get all butt hurt when the obvious is pointed out.
I am not calling you a commie. Just an apologist.
Yes they do like the term Persian, but it’s also more accurate. Iran is a modern day nationstate, a political entity. Persia is an ancient ethnic group that goes back millennia. Before Islam. It’s a biblical tribe. It has history that extends back to Ancient Greece and Roman literature.
The Deep State is making its last stand for status quo. We cannot let them win.
Sounds more like Baghdad Bob.
I was wondering how many posts I'd have to read before the reality of what Khamenei said would come forth. You are spot on. Some of them haven't been "sleepers" for very long, either; they came across the border during the cadaver administration.
I am convinced we already have terror cells within our borders. They have had years preparing just waiting for the word to be given.
The United States is not prepared to fight a guerilla war within our border. Too many think it is a police matter and each attack to be treated as a crime instead of what it is, foreign soldiers trying to bring us down with terror.
An Iranian blow job. We better be careful.
Iran’s been attacking us since 1979, when the USSR-backed communist students like Ahmadinejad and Iraq-backed Ayatollah Khomeini took power in a coup. Iran doesn’t need assistance when it comes to inciting war.
Sounds sexy.
Naughty Mullahs.
There are many possible solutions. All of them are bad. Many of them involve nuclear detonations in multiple places.
One might reasonably assume that Iran has a few atomic weapons right now. They have had plenty of time to acquire the necessary materials, and the technology for simple devices has been readily available since the 1950's. Iran has good engineers. They can make atomic weapons. What Iran does not have is an effective delivery system.
What Iran is also missing is a reliable command-and-control system. Their government is composed of factions with bitter rivalries between them and no faction can really trust other factions with control of nuclear weapons. Most likely, their equivalent of "permissive action links" are held by different members of hostile factions.
Another aspect is that the Russians cannot be terribly comfortable with a nuclear-armed Iran. It is within possible bounds of consideration for the Russians to provide Israelis with targeting information or other vulnerabilities so that the Israelis can destroy all weapons and facilities used to make them. The Iranians have probably considered this as well.
Looks like Reuters loft out the word “Job” after “Blow”.
"sleeper networks"
This won't take long, did it.
Seems fair by me.
Which is why I don’t want us to attack them.
War is up to Iran. They don’t want one however.
Yes Israel controls America, and Replacem3nt Theology seems to control you.
Replacment 5he9logy is from the pit of hell.
Iran handed a warning on Monday
We had 4 years to get our people and equipment in place feel lucky.
“Behave… we know where you live.” Then follow up with a Hellfire.
“Who’s next? I got the kids flying’ the drones on speed dial.”
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