{"id":11346,"date":"2019-11-05T14:27:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T14:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/05\/iran-threatens-us-forces-and-allies-who-host-american-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:30:29","slug":"iran-threatens-us-forces-and-allies-who-host-american-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/05\/iran-threatens-us-forces-and-allies-who-host-american-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran threatens US forces and allies who host American troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A spokesman for Iran\u2019s armed forces has threatened a \u201ccrushing response\u201d against any U.S. aggression and allies who host American troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny place and any point of any territories which host the US and its allies\u2019 interests will be threatened (in case of any war) and the Islamic Republic has proved that it has the capability to do so,\u201d Brig. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi said during a Sunday interview with Iranian Fars News Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven if a country does not directly participate in any possible war but its territories host the enemy, we consider that country as a hostile territory and will treat it as an aggressor,\u201d he said during the interview. \u201cIf an aggressor makes a strategic mistake, that aggression will be confronted with the strongest and the most crushing response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Iranian President President Hassan Rouhani announced Tuesday that Iran would move a step closer to enriching uranium by injecting gas into more than 1,000 centrifuges, according to the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comments from the Iranian commander came a day before the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis. In 1979, Iranian militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held 98 people captive for 444 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\t