In a statement posted on X, Aref stressed that Iran has taken comprehensive measures to safeguard its national security and infrastructure amid growing threats.<\/p>\n
ERBIL (Kurdistan24) \u2014 Iran\u2019s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said Tehran is fully prepared for all possible outcomes in its standoff with the United States and Israel, as tensions surge ahead of a critical deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
In a statement posted on X, Aref stressed that Iran has taken comprehensive measures to safeguard its national security and infrastructure amid growing threats.<\/p>\n
\u201cNational security and infrastructure sustainability are the subject of our precise calculations. The government has finalized the necessary measures in detail for all scenarios. No threat is beyond our preparedness and intelligence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
His remarks come as the White House signaled that Washington\u2019s next move remains uncertain and rests solely with the president. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told AFP that Iran had until 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (midnight GMT) to reach an agreement or face severe consequences.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Iranian regime has until 8 PM Eastern Time to meet the moment and make a deal with the United States,\u201d Leavitt said. \u201cOnly the President knows where things stand and what he will do,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Trump has issued increasingly stark warnings in recent days, threatening unprecedented military action if Tehran fails to comply with U.S. demands. He has said the United States could \u201cdecimate\u201d Iran\u2019s infrastructure, including key bridges and power plants, within hours, warning such strikes could push the country \u201cback to the Stone Age.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ahead of the deadline, U.S. forces carried out strikes on dozens of military targets on Kharg Island, Iran\u2019s primary oil export hub, though officials said oil facilities themselves have not yet been targeted.<\/p>\n
The situation remains highly volatile, with uncertainty surrounding whether diplomatic efforts will resume or whether the crisis will escalate further in the coming hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a statement posted on X, Aref stressed that Iran has taken comprehensive measures to safeguard its national…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[54,42,181990,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-380190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-mohammad-reza-aref","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}