Iran warns it would ‘target US bases’ if American forces attacked: report

Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Saturday that Tehran will assault “American bases” within the area if US forces launch an assault, a report mentioned.

The remark got here after Araghchi mentioned on Friday that oblique nuclear talks with the US in Oman had been “an excellent begin” and that there was a “consensus” that negotiations would proceed.

“It could not be potential to assault US territory, however we are going to assault their bases within the area” if Iran is attacked by US forces, Araghchi instructed Al Jazeera on Saturday. according to Reuters.

“We is not going to assault neighboring international locations; as a substitute we are going to goal US bases stationed there. There’s a massive distinction between the 2,” he reportedly added.

IRANIAN OFFICIAL SAYS NUCLEAR TALKS WILL CONTINUE AFTER US, TEHRAN NEGOTIATIONS HAD ‘A GOOD START’ IN OMAN

This U.S. Navy handout picture exhibits Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Michael Cordova piloting an F/A-18F Tremendous Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class plane service USS Abraham Lincoln within the Indian Ocean on January 23, 2026. The plane service is at present within the Center East and shot down an Iranian drone earlier this week. (Mass Communications Specialist Sailor Daniel Kimmelman/US Navy through AP)

The US final June nuclear amenities attacked in Iran, in what has change into referred to as Operation Midnight Hammer.

In response, Iran launched a retaliatory assault on Al-Udeid, the US air base in Qatar, which President Donald Trump featured on the time as a ‘very weak response’.

“Iran formally responded to our destruction of their nuclear amenities with a really weak response, which we anticipated, and responded very successfully. Fourteen missiles had been fired – 13 had been downed and one was ‘launched’ because it went in a non-threatening route,” the president wrote on Fact Social.

SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL ACTIVITY AT IRAN’S NUCLEAR SITES, BOMBARDED BY US, ISRAEL

President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers remarks to US troops throughout a go to to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, on Might 15, 2025. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

On Friday’s nuclear talks, Araghchi mentioned: “It was an excellent begin, however their continuation will depend on consultations in our respective capitals and choices on proceed.”

Omani Overseas Minister Badr al-Busaidi met with each Iranian and US officers on Friday, Oman’s Overseas Ministry mentioned on X. The ministry mentioned al-Busaidi held separate conferences with Araghchi and US particular envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Iranian Overseas Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi speaks on November 18, 2025 within the northern metropolis of Rasht, Iran. (Shadati/Xinhua through Getty Photographs)

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“The consultations geared toward getting ready the correct circumstances for the resumption of diplomatic and technical negotiations, whereas underscoring their significance, in gentle of the events’ willpower to make sure their success in attaining lasting safety and stability,” Oman’s Overseas Ministry mentioned.