Following President Trump's overnight announcement of what he termed "economic warfare" against Iran aimed at strangling the regime, senior officials in Tehran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have issued sharp and dismissive responses.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi mocked Trump for his latest threat, stating: "They say Iran is on the verge of defeat, yet they're begging their allies for help. Military warfare yielded nothing, so now they're calling their next failure 'economic warfare.' It won't succeed either."
The Revolutionary Guards were also unconcerned about what Trump said, responding with military threats of their own.
IRGC spokesman Hussein Mohabi warned: "We are advancing day by day in all areas of combat capabilities, manufacturing our weapons to be more precise, more destructive, and more technologically advanced. If war breaks out again, our weapons will undoubtedly be different from what they were before. The difference may appear in warheads, in precision, in missile range, or in any other domain."
