"You Know Nothing": Iran's Warning After Trump's "Stone Age" Threat

The Iranian military has responded to US President Donald Trump's recent remarks, warning that the war in the Middle East will continue until the United States faces what it described as "lasting humiliation and surrender". In a statement, a spokesperson for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters threatened to launch "stronger, wider, and more destructive" attacks against the US and Israeli forces, rejecting Trump's claims that its capabilities have been significantly weakened.

The statement came hours after the US president said that over the next two to three weeks, the US is going to bring Iran back to the "Stone Ages, where they belong". He also claimed that US forces would meet all their battlefield goals "very, very shortly".

"Your intelligence on our military power and equipment is incomplete. You know nothing of our vast strategic capabilities," the statement issued by Ebrahim Zolfaghari said.

In a direct response to Trump's claim, Zolfaghari told Washington not to assume that US forces have destroyed Iranian strategic missile production sites. He maintained that key defence assets, including missile production facilities, long-range attack and precision drones, modern air-defence systems, electronic warfare, and electronic warfare capabilities, remain intact and operational.

"Such assumptions will only deepen the quagmire you have fallen into," he said.

In his televised address, Trump said that Iran had "very few" missile launchers left and that its ability to launch missiles and drones had been "dramatically curtailed".

The Iranian official said the sites that the US "hit are insignificant. "Our strategic military production takes place at locations you do not know about and will never reach."

"Do not bother trying to count our missiles, drones, and strategic systems; you will be wrong and achieve nothing."

Accusing the US and Israeli forces of initiating hostilities, the Iranian leader vowed continued retaliation. The spokesperson warned that further attacks would follow, describing them as "decisive and damaging responses" to what Iran considers acts of aggression.

"This war will continue until you face permanent humiliation, regret, and surrender. Expect more crushing and devastating strikes from us in continuation of the severe blows you have already received," Zolfaghari said.

The Central Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters is Iran's highest operational command unit that coordinates operations between the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).