Iran cautions that it will retaliate if the US attacks in response to a drone strike that killed and wounded American troops.
Iranian military and diplomatic officials have warned the country will respond if attacked as the US readies for retaliatory action after American troop deaths.
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami said Wednesday that Iran will respond to any US threat after President Joe Biden said his administration is planning a response to the drone strike in Jordan that killed US troops.
« We hear threatening words from American officials, » Salami said Wednesday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency. « You have tested us and we know each other, » he said, « we will not leave any threat unanswered. »
On Tuesday, Biden said that he holds Iran responsible for supplying the militant group that attacked the American base in Jordan and said the US will respond, but he did not explicitly state how.
The White House has said that the response could be a « tiered » approach involving « multiple actions, » and officials told NBC that US retaliatory action could involve a weeks-long campaign possibly targeting Iranian targets outside the country.
