00:00Prepare coffins for your troops.
00:23That's a direct warning from a senior Iranian insider to the United States
00:28as war fears rise across the Middle East.
00:31Right now, Iran and the U.S. are walking a dangerous tightrope.
00:36On one side, indirect nuclear talks.
00:39On the other, aircraft carriers, sanctions, and open threats.
00:43And this week, Tehran's message couldn't be clearer.
00:46On February 9th, Mohamed Javed Larijani, a powerful regime insider
00:52and former advisor to Iran's supreme leader,
00:54issued one of the most aggressive warnings in years.
00:59He said that if the U.S. strikes Iran,
01:01Tehran would abandon proportional retaliation
01:04and launch a full-scale regional response.
01:07U.S. bases across the Middle East would be targeted.
01:11American interests would, in his words,
01:13go up in smoke.
01:15And Washington should prepare many coffins for its fallen troops.
01:19This wasn't rogue talk.
01:21It echoed messaging across Iran's military and state media.
01:25Iran says it doesn't want war,
01:28but it's warning that any attack would trigger something far bigger than a limited strike.
01:33Not symbolic retaliation, not deniable proxies,
01:37but direct hits on U.S. forces, from the Gulf to the occupied territories.
01:42The message is deterrence through fear.
01:45At the same time, indirect U.S.-Iran talks have ended in Oman.
01:50The focus was Iran's nuclear program.
01:53Tehran has hinted it might reduce uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief,
01:58but refuses to negotiate missiles or regional allies.
02:02Washington, meanwhile, keeps the pressure on,
02:04adding new sanctions even as talks continue.
02:08Diplomacy and coercion running side by side.
02:11While diplomats talk, the U.S. military is moving.
02:15An American aircraft carrier strike group now patrols nearby waters.
02:20Drones have been shot down, tankers escorted, shipping warned.
02:25Oil prices are reacting because everyone knows how fast this region can ignite.
02:31Iran is also facing massive domestic unrest, economic collapse, and internal pressure.
02:37Hardline rhetoric plays well at home and raises the cost of any U.S. decision to strike.
02:43So this warning isn't just about foreign policy, it's about survival.
02:48Right now, the Middle East sits between two outcomes,
02:52a fragile deal or a region-wide war sparked by one miscalculation.
02:58Iran has drawn its red line.
03:00The U.S. is watching closely.
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