Iran again warns response to any “future aggression” will go “beyond the region’s borders”

Iran’s response to any “future aggression” from the U.S. or Israel will take the war “beyond the region’s borders,” a spokesperson for the Iranian military has warned, repeating a vague threat by the regime to extend retaliatory attacks.

Speaking Qatar’s state-owned Al Jazeera network on Monday, Brig. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi also said Iran is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons, arguing that the country’s conventional arsenal makes it unnecessary.

“Our response to any future aggression will be different from what came before and will go beyond the boundaries of the region,” he said.

“We are not seeking to build nuclear weapons,” Shekarchi added. “We possess conventional weapons that eliminate any need for them.”

He spoke hours before American forces struck sites in southern Iran. U.S. Central Command called the overnight attacks “self-defense strikes” carried out “using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire.”