{"id":15407,"date":"2026-11-11T20:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/iran-security-chief-threatens-us-bases-in-europe-if-used-for-strikes\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T20:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:16:18","slug":"iran-security-chief-threatens-us-bases-in-europe-if-used-for-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/iran-security-chief-threatens-us-bases-in-europe-if-used-for-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran security chief threatens US bases in Europe if used for strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei has threatened to strike US bases beyond the Middle East, including in Europe, if they are used for attacks against the Islamic Republic.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIf American aircraft take off from an American military base, even one located in a European country or some other distant region, to bomb Iran, we will strike those bases as well,\u201d Rezaei told Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen TV in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n

He added that Iran\u2019s response would \u201ctarget America\u2019s more distant military installations,\u201d and potentially \u201ccertain islands that they assume are beyond the reach of our missiles.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The Middle East war broke out on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n

Iran responded by launching missiles and drones at countries across the region, while the militant groups it backs in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq also entered the fray.\n<\/p>\n

Diplomatic efforts led by Qatar and Pakistan have been underway to negotiate an end to the war.<\/p>\n

And Washington has appeared to dial back threats of renewed strikes after the defeat of President Donald Trump\u2019s Republican Party in recent midterm elections, in part due to the unpopularity of the war on Iran.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there was no need to attack Iran again, citing what he described as successful efforts to undermine its economy.\n<\/p>\n

Tehran insists<\/a> that Washington accept a raft of demands including unfreezing assets and lifting sanctions in return for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the vital energy conduit it has blockaded since the start of the conflict.\n<\/p>\n

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Iranian officials have previously threatened to expand the geographic scope of the conflict should the US attack again.\n<\/p>\n

In late September, an adviser to Iran\u2019s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei publicly mused that the war could \u201cexpand even further, reaching the Indian Ocean and perhaps beyond.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The ocean is home to a strategic US-British military base at Diego Garcia, nearly 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) from Iran, which fired two missiles towards the installation in March. One fell short, while the other was intercepted, Britain said at the time.\n<\/p>\n

Also in September, a suspected Tehran-backed plot against Britain\u2019s RAF Fairford airbase \u2014 which has been used by the US military for Iran operations \u2014 was disrupted when a local farmer reported seeing men engaged in \u201csuspicious\u201d activity.<\/p>\n

The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against three men it described as \u201cIranian operatives,\u201d including one already in jail, over their roles in the affair.\n<\/p>\n

The US and Israel have repeatedly cited Iran\u2019s nuclear programme as part of their justification for the war, but Rezaei said during Wednesday\u2019s interview that the nuclear issue was \u201cnot currently\u201d part of the talks.\n<\/p>\n

Tehran, he added, had already established red lines, including that it would \u201cnot send even a tiny amount of the enriched material outside Iran.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s nuclear programme \u2014 and its stockpile of uranium enriched up to 60 per cent, close to the 90 per cent threshold needed for an atomic bomb \u2014 has been at the centre of tensions for years.\n<\/p>\n

AFP\n <\/p>\n

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