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Iran's Chief of General Staff, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, declared Thursday that Iranian forces will launch continuous attacks on Israeli targets without limitations.
Speaking during a visit to a missile base belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards Army Aerospace Forces, Mousavi escalated Tehran's military rhetoric amid the ongoing conflict.
"We will continue our attacks continuously and without stopping on all types of targets belonging to the Zionist occupying regime.
According to Iranian state television, we see no limitations ahead of us," Mousavi said.
The statement marks the highest-level military commitment from Iran to sustained attacks against Israel since the conflict began last week.
Iran's deputy foreign minister warned the United States against joining Israel's military campaign, saying Iran had "all the necessary options on the table" if Washington decided to intervene. Iranian state media reported Kazem Gharibabadi's comments as U.S. President Donald Trump weighed potential U.S. involvement in the Middle East conflict.
"If the U.S. wants to intervene in support of Israel actively, Iran will have no other option but to use its tools to teach aggressors a lesson and defend itself. Our military decision-makers have all necessary options on the table," Gharibabadi said.
Gharibabadi advised the United States not to get involved in the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. "Our recommendation to the U.S. is to at least stand by if they do not wish to stop Israel's aggression," he said, according to state media reports.
The deputy foreign minister added that Iran had never sought to expand the conflict beyond its current scope.
Tehran has repeatedly made threatening comments over the prospect of US involvement in the fighting as Trump considers military options.
The current escalation began with Israeli airstrikes on June 13 targeting Iranian nuclear facilities and military commanders across different cities.
Iran reported that the chief of general staff, the revolutionary guards' general commander, several senior commanders, and nine nuclear scientists were killed in the attacks, with total civilian casualties reaching 224.
Iran's military retaliation with ballistic missiles killed 24 people in Israel and wounded more than 500, according to official reports.
Türkiye and numerous other countries have condemned Israel's actions in the escalating conflict between the two nations.
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