Iran's military has declared its resolve for an all-out fight, saying "the war will end with the enemy's surrender," after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of powerful military strikes against Iran within two to three weeks.
According to Iran's state broadcaster IRIB, Ebrahim Jolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran's joint military command Hatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters, issued a statement on Friday warning the United States and Israel to "brace for follow-up responses that are stronger, broader and more devastating than anything seen so far."
"The United States and Israel possess only incomplete information about Iran's military capabilities," Jolfaghari said. "They do not grasp the full scope of our strategic capacity."
He added, "If they believe our strategic missile production facilities, long-range precision drones and advanced air defense and electronic warfare equipment have been destroyed, they are only dragging themselves deeper into a quagmire."
"Production of key military supplies continues at covert locations that our enemies can neither identify nor reach," Jolfaghari said, urging them to "stop the futile attempt to count our missiles and drones."
Trump, on the 33rd day of the conflict, declared in a national address the previous day that the U.S. was "at a stage where all military objectives will be achieved very quickly." He vowed to bomb Iran "back to the Stone Age" over the next two to three weeks.
The Iranian military's defiant statement appeared aimed at countering Trump's speech, which some observers have characterized as a hollow threat lacking substance.