Hope they don't have a heart attack: Iran teases US with new weapon as talks stall
As deadlocked talks between the United States and Iran intensify tensions, Tehran has warned it will soon unveil a weapon its enemies may 'get a heart attack' over.
As peace negotiations between the United States and Iran drag on, with Donald Trump rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal, the Iranian military has claimed it will soon unveil a new weapon that its adversaries are "deeply afraid of".
Iran’s Navy Commander, Shahram Irani, said the Islamic Republic would “very soon” confront its enemies with a weapon located "right next to them," warning, "I hope they won’t have a heart attack".
Amid increasingly combative rhetoric and continuing tensions between the two sides, the Iranian military dismissed what it described as enemy expectations of a swift victory in the latest phase of the conflict, saying such assumptions had become "a joke”.
"The enemy thought that in the shortest possible time, such as three days to one week, it could reach a conclusion in a war against Iran, and this assumption of theirs has become a joke in military universities," the Navy commander was quoted as saying by Iranian media.
Irani further claimed that the country's Armed Forces had launched at least 100 waves of retaliatory strikes against American and Israeli targets across the region since hostilities intensified on February 28. These operations, he said, targeted “sensitive” sites across a wide geographical area in West Asia.
He warned, "if American obstinacy and delusions continue and Iran’s conditions are rejected, the enemy should soon expect a different kind of response".
The Navy commander also accused the US of expanding its military footprint during the conflict, including deploying additional destroyers and missile platforms after initial naval-based strikes failed to achieve their intended results. “Even so, they remain stalled,” Irani asserted.
Efforts to end the Iran conflict remained deadlocked as Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s latest proposal. Iran had suggested postponing discussions on its nuclear programme until after the war ended and maritime disputes were resolved, but Washington insisted that nuclear issues be addressed from the outset.