These threats follow statements on Sunday from Army Chief Amir Hatami, who declared the war is not over, and spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia, who said the US might launch an attack due to its poor regional standing. Military spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi also warned that Tehran would punish US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the war ends and that any US intervention in the Strait of Hormuz would result in a "slap."
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Iran’s Regional Network Integrates Despite Death of Hassan Nasrallah
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Armed Forces Chief of Staff Ali Abdollahi warned on Monday that Iran and its allied forces will deliver a "devastating response" to any new military threat. He stated that the regional resistance network achieved both overt and covert strategic integration across Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and the Palestinian territories, despite the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Abdollahi said that expectations by the US and Israel that the death of Nasrallah would cause the resistance front to collapse had failed.
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