Iran warns countries against supporting U.S. economic war

Iran's top security official has issued a stern warning to other nations, cautioning them against participating in the economic war declared by U.S. President Donald Trump against the Islamic Republic. Mohsen Rezai, chief of Iran's National Security Council, stated on Saturday that any country that joins the U.S. in imposing economic restrictions on Iran will be considered an enemy.

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We declare to all countries that they should not participate in the economic war that the U.S. is waging.

"We declare to all countries that they should not participate in the economic war that the U.S. is waging," Rezai said, according to the AFP news agency, in an interview with Iranian state television. "Any country that participates in imposing economic restrictions on us is considered an enemy."

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Any country that participates in imposing economic restrictions on us is considered an enemy.

Rezai further threatened that Iran would harm the interests of countries that do not distance themselves from the United States, though he did not specify which nations he was referring to. This statement comes after Trump announced on Truth Social that he was initiating the "most crushing economic operation ever launched against a country," vowing "economic warfare and isolation on an unprecedented scale."

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Tragically, for them, they have failed to seize the opportunity. Therefore, I am announcing today the most crushing economic operation ever launched against a country.

The Iranian security chief asserted that Tehran still possesses significant leverage in its conflict with the U.S. He claimed that Iran has not yet attacked U.S. economic interests, but warned that if economic sanctions are imposed, Iran would retaliate against American oil and economic companies in Iran and elsewhere. Rezai added that if Trump follows through with his threats, Iran's response would be like an "earthquake."

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This will be economic warfare and isolation on an unprecedented scale.