Nawaf al Moussawi, a Lebanese Hezbollah official, warned Washington that a US strike on Iran might "trigger a volcano in the region" amid concerns that Trump's armada could cause mayhem in the Middle East.
A broadcast on Iranian state-owned TV has warned the US that an attack on Iran could "trigger a volcano in the region".
A Lebanese Hezbollah official made the claims on the Press TV network today.
Nawaf al Moussawi said the US could launch an attack, but "what holds the United States back is its inability to predict the aftermath of the strike".
He said that Trump is seeking to strike a deal with Iran or dismantle the regime the high-ranking official pointed out but warned that a "hostile action" from Washington would not be enough to unseat the Islamic establishment which governs Iran.
"Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution's victory, Washington has been working to overthrow Iran's political system," he claimed.Moussawi responded, "We will cross that bridge when we get to it," when asked how Hezbollah, a longstanding friend and beneficiary of support from the Iranian government, would react to a US strike on Iran.
Following Donald Trump's announcement last week that he would be deploying a "armada" towards Iran, tensions in the area have increased. Speaking on Air Force One on Friday, January 23, he stated: "We have a large flotilla heading that way. We'll observe the outcome. We are sending a large army to Iran. We're keeping a tight eye on them, but I'd like not to see anything happen." A US carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, was reportedly within "striking distance" of Iran yesterday, according to Israel's Channel 13.
According to the broadcaster, guided-missile destroyers and submarines equipped with Tomahawk missiles are also active in the region. According to a US official some days ago, air defense has apparently been strengthened, with F-15 fighter jets stationed at US facilities in the region, notably in Jordan.
Iran International claims that Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader, was relocated to a safe underground refuge in Tehran. Iran's Revolutionary Guard commander, Mohammad Pakpour, cautioned Israel and the United States "to avoid any miscalculation" during crackdowns on demonstrators that resulted in thousands of deaths. "The Islamic Revolutionary Guards and dear Iran stand more ready than ever, finger on the trigger, to execute the orders and directives of the Commander-in-Chief," Pakpour stated to Nournews on Saturday.
The US deployment follows weeks of protests in Iran, to which the country's religious establishment brutally suppressed them. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said on Saturday that more than 5,459 people have been verified dead in the savage crackdown by the Iranian government, with an additional 17,031 deaths under investigation.Accurate evaluations are still challenging because the nation is still experiencing an internet blackout, even though the government brutality seems to have decreased.
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