Tehran considers renewed military strikes from the US and Israel to be inevitable and has instructed its forces to treat political targets in the US as legitimate, according to a senior Iranian security official. The official told Fars News that infrastructure in any country participating in a new conflict would also be targeted, specifically if the escalation involved the assassination of Iranian officials or civilian deaths.

Iran views current diplomatic efforts by the US government as invalid and insincere. The warnings come as Tehran anticipates further aggression and prepares to extend its range of targets beyond traditional military installations to include international political and administrative sites.