{"id":223117,"date":"2026-07-26T08:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T08:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/223117\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T08:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T08:27:11","slug":"iran-army-says-war-to-expand-further-if-us-attacks-restart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/223117\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran army says war to \u2018expand further\u2019 if US attacks restart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Houthi\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"912\" height=\"570\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"html-img h-auto w-full\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0259f9cb-houthi.jpg\"\/>The recent military flare-up between Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia is a testament that the war had expanded and that Washington will now look for new strategy. (EPA Images pic)<br \/>\nTEHRAN: Iran\u2019s army warned on Sunday that the Middle East war would widen if the United States chose to press ahead with attacks on the Islamic republic, ahead of the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cI believe that if the Americans once again fall for the Zionists\u2019 deception, or move in line with them, and insist on continuing the war, particularly through air strikes, geographically this will expand further,\u201d army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia told state television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">He said the war had already expanded to the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the entrance of the Red Sea, referencing the recent military flare-up between Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cThe scope of our operations now encompasses the entire region, from US bases in Jordan to the countries along the Persian Gulf,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Akraminia said the situation in the Middle East for the US is \u201cdifficult and unsettled,\u201d predicting that Washington was now looking \u201cfor a new strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cWe are prepared for each of the options and scenarios that appear likely,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">On Friday, Israel said Netanyahu will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The recent military flare-up between Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia is a testament that the war&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[63979,1725,3067,34,39,47034,153,36],"class_list":["post-223117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-persian-gulf","tag-expand-further","tag-army","tag-attacks","tag-iran","tag-persian-gulf","tag-restart","tag-us","tag-war"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116985334844603449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}