Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, the new Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Photo courtesy of Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA)
"If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time spread far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you," the Guards said in a statement on their website Sepah News.
"The American-Zionist enemy... must know that despite the offensive carried out against us using the full capabilities of the world's two most expensive armies, we have not deployed the full power of the Islamic revolution," the Guards said.
The warning comes after US President Donald Trump said Washington could strike Iran again if no deal on a lasting settlement is reached in the coming days.
On Tuesday, Trump offered a deadline of several days for resuming strikes if a deal is not agreed. "I'm saying two or three days, maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday, something, maybe early next week, a limited period of time," he said. He had said a day earlier that Gulf Arab leaders asked him to hold off on an attack at the 11th hour.
However, later on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance said that Iran talks are making good progress, but Washington was "locked and loaded" to restart military operations if there is no deal.
In response, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X that a "return to war will feature many more surprises."
In related news, Pakistan's interior minister headed to Iran on Wednesday for the second time this week amid an impasse between Tehran and Washington over a proposal to end the war, Iranian state media reported.
"Mohsin Naqvi travelled to Tehran to meet officials from the Islamic republic," Iran's official IRNA news agency reported, citing diplomatic sources in Islamabad.
Pakistan has been mediating between Iran and the United States, with Naqvi previously in Tehran on Saturday to facilitate the process between Tehran and Washington, according to Iranian media.
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