Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatens to 'change geography of war' amid new Trump threats
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned it will deploy new weapons and shift its targets if the US escalates attacks on Tehran, following fresh threats from Donald Trump and rising tension over the Strait of Hormuz.
A spokesperson for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hossein Mohebbi, has warned that Tehran will "change the weapons and geography of the war" and deploy new battlefield capabilities should the US launch further attacks. He added that Iran's future targets will no longer necessarily match past ones, noting the country has targets that have not yet been struck.
The warning followed comments from US President Donald Trump, who told Fox News on Sunday that "very big things" would happen in the near future, listing options including "wiping Iran out, letting them rot economically or making a deal." Trump is grappling with an unpopular war and low approval ratings ahead of November's US midterm elections.
Standoff over the Strait of Hormuz
The US and Iran remain locked in an impasse over the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has fired on commercial vessels and is demanding ships gain approval before passing along its designated route. The US, which began the war against Iran alongside Israel in February, is maintaining a counter-blockade of Iranian ports, intensifying economic pressure, and has also fired on shipping in the region, killing Iranian civilians in its strikes.
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have struck the Saudi capital, Riyadh, and seized territory along Yemen's Red Sea coast, including near the strategically vital Bab al-Mandab Strait, which Saudi Arabia uses as an alternative oil export route. The Houthis have also attacked Saudi oil facilities in response to Saudi airstrikes on Houthi-held areas, further disrupting global energy markets and pushing up fuel prices, including in the US.
According to AFP, fighting between Houthi and Saudi-backed government forces in the Taiz, Al-Jawf, Marib and Saada governorates has killed 154 people over the past two days.
