“We’ll give the United States and Israel the lesson they deserve,” Iran promises unprecedented retaliation.

Tehran denounced an ‘illegal’ attack carried out by Washington and Tel-Aviv and says that its armed forces are ready to respond, raising fears of a major escalation in the Middle East.

Iran promised to make the United States and Israel pay ‘the price they deserve’, as tensions between the three countries abruptly crossed a new threshold on Saturday. Washington and Tel-Aviv carried out strikes against targets located in Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the launch of a ‘major military operation’, stating that it was aimed at neutralizing an ‘imminent threat’ attributed to the Iranian government.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also confirmed his country’s participation in the operation. In response, Tehran says it has targeted five American military bases located in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In a statement published on the social network X, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, denounced an ‘unprovoked and illegal’ attack.

The war waged by Netanyahu and Trump against Iran is totally unjustified, illegal and illegitimate, he wrote. Trump has turned the slogan “America First” into “Israel First”, which always means “America Last”. The Iranian foreign minister has also assured that the powerful armed forces of the country are ready and that they will give the aggressors the lesson they deserve. The situation, particularly volatile, raises fears of a major military escalation in the region.