Iran threatens to attack Europe if Trump escalates war, report
Iran has considered targeting US military assets in Europe if US President Donald Trump escalates the ongoing war, according to regime insiders cited by the Financial Times . Two people close to the Iranian regime said Iranian forces had examined targets in countries such as Bulgaria, which recently approved the use of its Bezmer air base for US refuelling aircraft. Iranian forces have separately examined the possibility of attacking undersea fibre-optic cables in the Strait of Hormuz if the conflict escalates further, according to the insiders. Trump said on Tuesday that “no talks or conversations” were underway with Iran. One regime insider told the FT that Iran was preparing to widen the conflict if Trump followed through on previous threats to attack Iranian infrastructure. The second said Tehran would place “no limits” on its response if the US launched an attack. “This was also a message to Europe: it can receive missiles, so it should know where it should stand in this war,” one insider said, warning that a major US attack on Iranian infrastructure could push the conflict beyond the region.
The threats reflect a growing conviction inside Iran’s ruling circles that a return to full-scale war is inevitable. Negotiations over the strait remain stalled, and Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has recently elevated hardliners to key security and military posts, signalling a hardening of Tehran’s stance.
Turkey also said in March that its Nato air defences intercepted several ballistic missiles launched from Iran.
“If the US goes too far, Iran will defend itself at any price — beyond the region and into Europe,” the second insider said. In February, the US accused Tehran of firing several missiles towards Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean, although none reached their target.
