WANA (Mar 10) – Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, responded sharply to recent threats from Donald Trump, writing: “The Ashura-inspired nation of Iran does not fear your hollow threats. Even those greater than you could not eliminate the Iranian people. Beware of being eliminated yourself!”

 

Trump, in a threatening message, warned that “if Iran takes any action to halt oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz, it will face retaliation twenty times harder. Targets that are easy to destroy will be obliterated, and rebuilding them will be impossible. Death, fire, and wrath will descend upon Iran.”

People attend a gathering to support Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)