‘Gifts are on the way’: Iran says it will no longer exercise restraint with US allies after strikes

Saudi-owned news outlet Al Arabiya, citing an Iranian military official, reported that Iran had begun launching missiles and drones towards US-linked targets.Follow us on GoogleScreenshot of Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari. March 22, 2026.(photo credit: SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 22:20Updated: SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 22:33Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari stated that Iran “will no longer exercise restraint regarding Bahrain and Kuwait” in a post on X/Twitter shortly after the US launched renewed strikes against Iran on Tuesday.“Gifts are on the way,” Zolfaghari warned.Saudi-owned news outlet Al Arabiya, citing an Iranian military official, reported that Iran had begun launching missiles and drones towards US-linked targets.Iranian semi-official news outlet Tasnim shared an additional statement from Zolfaghari in which he reportedly said Iran will "deliver crushing and devastating blows to the despicable and malevolent American enemy."Zolfaghari's warning follows renewed US strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran earlier in the night.US Sailors conduct night flight operations aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73), August 30, 2026. (credit: X/CENTCOM)Trump warns there'll be 'little left of Islamic Republic of Iran' should it respondCENTCOM and US President Donald Trump confirmed the strikes, noting that they are being carried out in retaliation for Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and the recent attack on US troops stationed in the region."The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz," he wrote. "The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan."Trump threatened Iran that, should it respond to the "very justified attack," it will be hit "again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!"Iranian state media reported that several explosions were heard in the eastern area of the city of Bandar Abbas and across southern Iran.Follow us on Google