Iran official threatens President Trump over potential military action
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One of Iran’s most senior officials issued a direct threat to President Donald Trump on Thursday, warning that US military intervention would lead to retaliation against American forces in the Middle East, according to Iranian media reports.
The remarks come as well-placed sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that at least one American aircraft carrier has been repositioned towards the Middle East amid rising tensions with Tehran.
Top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general Mohsen Rezaei, a member of Iran’s Eligibility Discernment Council, reportedly made the threat during a public speech.
Rizai said, “Trump said his hand was on the trigger. We will cut off his hand and finger.” Iran International.
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According to reports, top Iranian general Mohsen Rezaei made a direct threat to President Donald Trump over the US repositioning of the aircraft carrier amid rising tensions with Tehran. (Ayoub Ghaderi/YJC/WANA (West Asia News Agency), via REUTERS)
The publication also noted that Rezaei suggested that Iran would abandon any idea of a ceasefire if attacked.
“If we move forward, there will be no more talk of a ceasefire,” he said. “You are not taking into account the restraint and strategic patience we have shown. Stop immediately. Withdraw, otherwise none of your bases in the region will be safe,” Rezaei added.
According to sources, the threat emerged when at least one US aircraft carrier moved towards the Middle East.
Officials did not say whether this ship was the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is currently operating in the South China Sea, or one of two carriers that left Norfolk and San Diego earlier this week.
Military sources said the transition to the region could take at least a week, and additional US air, land and naval assets are expected to arrive to provide Trump with military options if he orders an attack on Iran.
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In this photo provided by the US Navy, a RIM-7P NATO Sea Sparrow Missile is launched from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (M. Jeremie Yoder/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Rezai is one of Iran’s most powerful military figures. He served as commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guard from 1980 to 1997 and currently serves as vice president for economic affairs, secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council for Economic Coordination, and a senior figure in the Principlist Resistance Front of Islamic Iran.
In 2006, Argentine authorities issued an international arrest warrant for Rezaei in connection with the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. It was approved by the U.S. Treasury in January 2020 under Executive Order 13876 for furthering Iran’s destabilizing goals.
During its tenure, the Revolutionary Guard increased repression at home and supported terrorist proxy groups abroad, including Hezbollah.
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Demonstrators burn a poster depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in support of anti-government protests in Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Holon, Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Meanwhile, the unrest in Iran continued into its nineteenth day. According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), at least 2,677 arrests were recorded and 1,693 additional cases are under investigation.
Another agency also reported increased communications disruptions, including landline shutdowns in some areas.
Ali Safawi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) told Fox News Digital, claiming that there were as many as 50,000 detainees, “They continue as before, but not at the pace before the massacres and arrests of thousands of people.”
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“The internet is still completely closed. Security forces are raiding residential areas and going to people’s rooftops. They have started destroying satellite dishes,” Safavi said, before describing the clashes, including gunfire, that continued from Wednesday night to Thursday in Tehran and Kermanshah. he said.
NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi He also called on the international community to take immediate action to ensure the release of the detainees and requested the urgent dispatch of an international investigative mission to Iranian prisons.
