Iran Threatens to Strike European Countries That Help U.S. Launch Attacks

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei threatened today (Monday) that Iran "will strike U.S. bases in Europe if those countries take part in aggression against it." He claimed that "Iran has succeeded in thwarting all of the enemy's plans. There is no reason for any country to fear Iran unless those countries are paving the way for the United States to attack it. Iran will not allow the war to end on the aggressor's terms." 

This morning, reports from Greece said that the local military had deployed an air-defense system in Crete, amid fears that Iran could attack the base serving the U.S. Navy.

In addition, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesperson Hossein Mohabi said in an interview with Iranian media that Washington "is unaware" of Iran's intelligence surveillance capabilities. According to him, the Guards used surveillance methods their adversaries could not detect to carry out precise attacks against military positions and vessels.

"The surveillance of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is not currently carried out through satellites that they can detect," he said. "It is carried out through another method that they may still be unable to detect. The Revolutionary Guards destroyed the adversaries' radar and surveillance network, leaving them blind."

Baghaei also addressed the alliance agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan: "We have not received an invitation to join the Mecca agreement on security cooperation between Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, but proposals have been raised to hold talks with those countries on regional security."