Iran taunts the US: ‘We’re waiting for your ground invasion’

Iranian commentator claims Tehran would welcome a U.S. ground invasion and ultimately emerge victorious.

By World Israel News Staff

An Iranian academic widely regarded as a close ally of the Islamic Republic’s leadership claimed that Tehran would welcome a U.S. ground invasion, arguing that such a campaign would end in defeat for American forces.

Professor Mohammad Marandi, who was born in the United States and lived there until his teenage years, has become one of the Iranian regime’s most recognizable English-language commentators. A professor at the University of Tehran, Marandi frequently appears on international television and online programs, where he consistently defends the policies of the Iranian government and echoes its official messaging.

Speaking on political commentator Glenn Diesen’s YouTube program on Friday, Marandi asserted that the United States has contingency plans for a ground invasion of Iran, although he stopped short of claiming such an operation was imminent.

“The Americans are planning an invasion. I’m not saying it will necessarily happen. I’m not saying it will necessarily happen in the next few days. But they have plans for an invasion,” he said.

Marandi argued that Iranian military planners believe a large-scale land campaign would ultimately work in Tehran’s favor.

“The Iranians — we discussed this during the 40-day war before on your show — when I said that the Iranians actually want the Americans to carry out a land invasion, and the same is true now, because they felt that if there was a land invasion, they would win,” he added.

Marandi also claimed that Iran has recently intensified strikes against Bahrain and Kuwait because, he alleged, “that’s where most American assets have been placed for a ground invasion.”

He offered no evidence to support that assertion.

The professor further argued that Iran has adopted military tactics designed to complicate American targeting efforts by dispersing its weapons and avoiding large, centralized stockpiles.

“When Iran wants to fire missiles or drones, they don’t put them inside buildings or in piles somewhere. They take out whatever they need,” Marandi claimed. “They fire them, and then they go back to their bases, or they take out different missiles and drones, spread them out in different areas, put them apart from one another so that the Americans cannot bomb them in large numbers.”