{"id":309843,"date":"2026-01-29T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/309843\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:53:08","slug":"iran-army-chief-vows-crushing-response-to-any-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/309843\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran army chief vows ‘crushing response’ to any attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran’s army has added 1,000 drones to its combat regiments as its chief vowed a “crushing response” to any attack, state television reported, after the US moved a strike force into regional waters.<\/p>\n

“In accordance with the threats we are facing, maintaining and enhancing strategic advantages for rapid combat and a crushing response to any invasion … is always on the army’s agenda,” Iran’s army commander Amir Hatami said, cited by state television.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Turkey will offer to mediate between Washington and Tehran during a visit by Iran’s foreign minister tomorrow, officials said, as Ankara considers reinforcing security along its border should the dispute escalate.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi comes after US President Donald Trump threatened a military strike on Iran over its deadly protest crackdown earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Independent groups said Iranian security forces have killed thousands while suppressing mass protests against Tehran’s regime.<\/p>\n

A US naval strike group arrived in Middle East waters on Monday with Mr Trump warning it was “ready, willing and able” to hit Iran “if necessary”.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Mr Trump urged Iran to come to the table and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next attack by the US could be far worse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will tell Mr Araghchi tomorrow that his country “is ready to contribute to resolving the current tensions through dialogue”, a Turkish diplomatic source said.<\/p>\n

Mr Fidan would reiterate Turkey’s opposition “to military interventions against Iran … (over) the regional and global risks such a step would entail”, said the source, requesting anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the minister had stressed the need for Washington and Tehran to resume discussions over the Iranian nuclear programme, suggesting that was the top priority to be resolved.<\/p>\n

“It’s wrong to attack Iran. It’s wrong to start the war again. Iran is ready to negotiate on the nuclear file again,” Mr Fidan had told Al-Jazeera television.<\/p>\n

“Turkey supports reaching a peaceful solution to Iran’s nuclear programme in the near term and is ready to provide assistance if needed in this regard,” the foreign ministry source said.<\/p>\n

Alongside its diplomatic push, Ankara is assessing additional security precautions along its border with Iran if a US strike destabilises the country, a senior Turkish official said.<\/p>\n

“If the United States attacks Iran and the regime falls, Turkey is planning additional measures to reinforce border security,” said the official, who also requested anonymity.<\/p>\n

Much of the 500km (310-mile) frontier is secured by a wall, but “it has proven insufficient”, the official said.<\/p>\n

The Turkish authorities have so far avoided the term “buffer zone” but options under review include deploying more troops and expanding technological surveillance systems, the official added.<\/p>\n

Turkey began building a concrete wall in 2021 as concerns grew about a potential influx of migrants following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

So far, officials say there is no sign of mass movement toward Turkey linked to developments in Iran.<\/p>\n

Russia joined Turkish calls for diplomacy, saying there was still room for negotiations in the standoff between its ally Tehran and Washington.<\/p>\n

“It is clear that the potential for negotiations is not exhausted,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.<\/p>\n

He called for “all sides to show restraint and refrain from methods of force”, saying: “Any use of force can only create chaos in the region and lead to very dangerous consequences.”<\/p>\n

Iran emerged as one of Russia’s main allies during the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran’s army has added 1,000 drones to its combat regiments as its chief vowed a “crushing response” to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-309843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-featured-news","11":"tag-featurednews","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-latest-news","14":"tag-latestnews","15":"tag-main-news","16":"tag-mainnews","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-top-stories","19":"tag-topstories","20":"tag-world","21":"tag-world-news","22":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115978725336408248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}