An Iranian parliamentarian warns: Our response to America and Israel may extend to Europe

An Iranian parliamentarian warned that any American or Israeli attack on his country would be met with an Iranian response that could extend to Europe, expecting this to lead to a rise in oil prices to more than $150 per barrel. A member of the Iranian Islamic Shura Council, Hossein Ali Haji Delighani, said that Tehran’s response to what he described as “any acts of sabotage or launching an attack” by the United States and Israel will be “decisive,” adding that the “range of Iranian deterrent missiles” will also include Europe.

Delighani added, in statements reported by the semi-official Iranian Tasnim news agency, that his country's strategy is based on the concept of "strategic response," explaining that the Iranian response will not be limited to being proportionate to the size of the attacks or their geographical scope, but rather will be "intensive, multiplied, and strategic," without being bound by "any geographical considerations or restrictions." Regarding how long the confrontation might take, the Iranian parliamentarian said: “There is no rush to end the war,” stressing that his country will continue the confrontation “until final victory is achieved and the complete deterrence equation is established.”

Regarding the naval blockade imposed on Iran, Delighani considered that its occurrence hundreds of miles from the country does not change its nature, saying that it “is tantamount to a declaration of war against the country,” threatening that Tehran will launch “a massive attack on the enemy at the appropriate time using ready-made weapons.” During the first wave of the war, Iran targeted American military bases and installations in a number of countries in the region, including Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan, resulting in hundreds of buildings and facilities being damaged or destroyed, according to the report of the Inspector General of the US Department of Defense (Pentagon), based on information from US Central Command (CENTCOM).

The report was issued last September, including an assessment of American losses during the first four months of the war, specifically in the period extending from February 28, the date of the outbreak of the war, until June 30, providing the first official inventory from the US Department of Defense of the damage to its military equipment and facilities during the conflict.