Agencies- Iran will deliver an immediate response in case of an attack by the United States, the army spokesman said Thursday, warning that US military bases in the region or an aircraft carrier could be targets.
“A decisive response will be delivered instantly,” army spokesman brigadier general Mohammad Akraminia told state television after the USS Abraham Lincoln deployed in the region, claiming that US aircraft carriers have “serious vulnerabilities” and that numerous American bases are “within the range of our medium-range missiles.”
“If such a miscalculation is made by the Americans, it will certainly not unfold the way (US President Donald) Trump imagines – carrying out a quick operation and then, two hours later, tweeting that the operation is over,” he warned.
Tensions between the United States and Iran have soared following a bloody crackdown on protests across Iran by its clerical authorities in recent weeks.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene if Iran continued to kill protesters, but the countrywide demonstrations over economic privations and political repression have since abated.
US officials say Trump is reviewing his options but has not decided whether to strike Iran.