Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Saturday that "any level or type of threat must be met with an immediate, impactful, and geographically unrestricted response."
Khamenei made the remark on X after meeting with senior commanders of the Iranian military.
"Should Iran’s enemies resume military or terrorist attacks, it will be the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic and the Iranian nation that will determine when and under what conditions those attacks will end," he wrote.
"The military target database must be updated comprehensively to ensure that all kinds of physical and non-physical assets" of the U.S. and Israel "are brought within the reach of the Armed Forces," Khamenei also said.
Trump admin warns Iran of 'consequences' as allies convene amid threats of post-election escalation
The Trump administration warned Iran that there "will be consequences" if Tehran continues its malign activities amid growing concern over a potential new round of U.S.-Iran hostilities after the midterm elections.
With just days until the 2026 elections and with war raging on in the Middle East, foreign ministers from the world's largest economies gathered in Atlanta, Georgia ahead of the G20 leaders meeting in December.
"The Iranian regime has had a choice... to either pursue the path towards normalcy, towards prosperity for their people, the path towards diplomacy. Or they can continue their malign activities, but there will be consequences for that, and we've seen the president taking concrete action," State Department principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott told Fox News Digital on Friday.
Pigott was responding to reports that U.S. officials have warned regional partners to prepare for the possibility of heightened U.S. military action against Iran after Tuesday's elections, as well as potential Iranian retaliation.
President Donald Trump has not made a final decision on renewed strikes, but U.S. diplomats and defense officials have privately urged several Middle Eastern countries and regional allies to prepare for the possibility of new military action and Iranian retaliation, according to an Associated Press report citing two diplomats briefed on the warnings.
Egypt 'extremely worried' that new escalation of US-Iran war would be 'more destructive'
Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said Saturday he is "extremely worried" that a new escalation in the U.S-Iran war would have a major impact, a report said.
"The second round will be more dangerous, more destructive, and it will lead to nowhere. We have to draw lessons from the past," Abdelatty said while speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies' (IISS) Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, according to Reuters.
Official and military sources told Fox News on Wednesday that movements are being made in the Middle East to give President Donald Trump options if he decides to resume strikes against Iran.
When asked by a reporter about the possibility of the U.S. striking Iran after November's midterms, Trump said late Tuesday, "I can't tell you that... but anything's possible."
Iran's IRGC warns conflict will 'engulf' a wider area if US, Israel launch new strikes
Mohammad Akraminia, the spokesperson of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), suggested Saturday that the war could expand in the Middle East if the Trump administration pursues new military action against Tehran.
"If the President of the United States once again embarks on another reckless adventure in the region by threatening and cajoling the Zionists, there is no doubt that the fire of war will engulf a broader geographical expanse, and the end of the war will not be in his hands," Akraminia wrote on X.
"Given the American president's dark history of betraying diplomacy, the Islamic Republic of Iran's army, distrustful and indifferent to the enemy's actions, is relentlessly enhancing its combat readiness," Akraminia added. "We are closely monitoring America's movements in the region."
The remarks come after U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a video released Friday that he recently flew over the Strait of Hormuz and observed no presence of the IRGC.
"After we sank Iran's navy earlier this year, we also successfully cleared the strait's internationally recognized primary transit routes of Iranian sea mines," Cooper also said.
Official and military sources also told Fox News this week that movements are being made in the Middle East to give the president options if he decides to resume strikes against Iran.
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