Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, Sept. 6, 2026. (Credit Stringer/Reuters)
Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) on Monday warned it would attack new targets and deploy new weapons if the U.S. launches further attacks on the country.
Almost seven months into their war, Tehran and Washington remain locked in a stalemate, though neither side appears willing to return to full-scale war.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the IRGC the ideological arm of Iran's military, said "there will certainly be significant changes in our defense and our counteroffensive" in the event of a new U.S. attack.
"We will introduce new weapons with new capabilities into the battlefield, and the world will be surprised," he said.
"Our targets will not necessarily be the same as before either. We have new targets that have not yet been attacked."
The Guard also said it was prepared for a "prolonged war."
In parallel, Iran's central military command emphasized that the country “will not back down in defending Iran’s national interests, the rights of its people and the country’s territorial integrity against the enemy, and will make its American, Israeli and allied adversaries taste the bitter flavor of further defeats," according to Iran official IRNA news agency.
“The steadfast Iranian nation ... will powerfully inflict another defeat on global arrogance in the face of the enemy’s hybrid attacks, particularly economic, cognitive and media warfare," it added.
Despite these threats, U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations said hat he would not put a timeline on the end of the Iran war, the Washington Post reported citing CNN.
On Saturday, the central command of Iran's military said the U.S. was planning new action against Tehran, according to state television, but it did not elaborate. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump, who cut short his weekend at Camp David to return to the White House on Saturday night, told Fox News that he will soon decide whether to "blow up" the nation of Iran.
However, Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Sunday that he would not put a timeline on the end of the Iran war, CNN reported. “I think time — with the president’s strategy and Operation Economic Fury — is on the president’s and on the United States’ side,” he noted.
Fighting between the U.S. and Iran has eased in recent days after a flare-up at the end of last month, though Tehran continues sporadic attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Both sides are maintaining rival blockades in the waterway in an effort to exert pressure.
The war has spread to Yemen, with the country's Iran-backed Houthis taking more territory from the Saudi-backed government and the group launching attacks on Saudi targets, including the capital Riyadh.
