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dalton99a

(93,975 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 12:55 PM 16 hrs ago

Defiant Iran warns parks and tourist attractions worldwide could be targets

https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/iran-war/defiant-iran-warns-parks-and-tourist-attractions-worldwide-could-be-targets

Defiant Iran warns parks and tourist attractions worldwide could be targets
Iran vows missile production will continue and warns tourist sites worldwide could be targets, defying weeks of U.S.-Israeli airstrikes.

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Iran’s top military spokesman warned Friday that “parks, recreational areas and tourist destinations” worldwide won’t be safe for Tehran’s enemies.

Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi made the threat as Iran continues to be hit by American and Israeli airstrikes. It renewed concerns that Iran may revert to using militant attacks beyond the Middle East as a pressure tactic in the war.

U.S. and Israeli leaders have said that weeks of strikes have decimated Iran’s military. Airstrikes have also killed its supreme leader, the head of its Supreme National Security Council and a raft of other top-ranking military and political leaders.

The country’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei also released a rare statement, saying Iran’s enemies need to have their “security” taken away.

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Defiant Iran warns parks and tourist attractions worldwide could be targets (Original Post) dalton99a 16 hrs ago OP
We've been told by various people for some time now how crazy the Iranians are displacedvermoter 15 hrs ago #1
Two foreign governments bomb your country, kill your leader malaise 13 hrs ago #6
A lot of Iranian statements like this are BS. maxsolomon 15 hrs ago #2
I'm sure one more 9-11 would be more than plenty. multigraincracker 14 hrs ago #3
Yep. Passages 14 hrs ago #4
What do you think the likelyhood of an Iranian 9/11 is? maxsolomon 13 hrs ago #8
That or something equal might move up to multigraincracker 13 hrs ago #9
Defiant? malaise 14 hrs ago #5
Wouldn't such attacks be war crimes/ crimes against humanity? sarisataka 13 hrs ago #7
I believe canetoad 9 hrs ago #10
In what way? sarisataka 8 hrs ago #11
Can it be prosecuted as such? canetoad 8 hrs ago #13
Most such crimes go unpunished sarisataka 8 hrs ago #14
Trump would respond with a nuke. I have zero doubt about that. Your move, Iran. PeaceWave 8 hrs ago #12

displacedvermoter

(4,344 posts)
1. We've been told by various people for some time now how crazy the Iranians are
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 01:22 PM
15 hrs ago

and now I guess these same people will be amazed at what the same "crazy" people are going to do.

malaise

(295,633 posts)
6. Two foreign governments bomb your country, kill your leader
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 03:17 PM
13 hrs ago

Kill 160 little girls and many others.
Do you really expect them to lie down, die and let them seize their resources which is all that matters to the greedy invaders?

maxsolomon

(38,635 posts)
2. A lot of Iranian statements like this are BS.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 01:52 PM
15 hrs ago

Would they like to have Terror attacks on “parks, recreational areas and tourist destinations worldwide"? Sure.

I'd be surprised if they manage even 1 in the next year.

sarisataka

(22,615 posts)
14. Most such crimes go unpunished
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:27 PM
8 hrs ago

Yet they are still called out. Do you think there will be no condemnation if/when Iran attacks tourists around the world?

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