Iran ready to fight ‘with everything it has’ if US strikes, says foreign minister

Iran’s foreign minister says that if the US strikes, Tehran will use every weapon at its disposal in response.

By World Israel News Staff

Iran warned Tuesday that it is prepared to respond to American strikes by using every weapon at its disposal to hit back at the United States.

On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed article penned by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

In the piece, Araghchi defended the regime’s violent crackdown on protesters this month while reiterating Iran’s accusations that foreign powers have incited violence at the demonstrations.

“The violent phase of the unrest lasted less than 72 hours,” Araghchi wrote, while downplaying the regime’s mass killings of demonstrators.

Araghchi also addressed warnings by President Donald Trump that the US could intervene militarily in response to the violent crackdown.

Iran, the foreign minister warned, will not hold back in its response to an American air campaign, as it did after the one-day campaign against Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025.

“Unlike the restraint Iran showed in June 2025, our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack,” Araghchi wrote.

On June 23, Iran launched 14 ballistic missiles toward the American air base in Al Udeid, Qatar, in retaliation for the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Of the 14 missiles launched, only one managed to hit the base, with the remainder either missing the target or being shot down.

No casualties or major damage were reported in the attack.

“This isn’t a threat, but a reality I feel I need to convey explicitly, because as a diplomat and a veteran, I abhor war.”

“An all-out confrontation will certainly be ferocious and drag on far, far longer than the fantasy timelines that Israel and its proxies are trying to peddle to the White House. It will certainly engulf the wider region and have an impact on ordinary people around the globe.”