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dalton99a

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Fri Mar 20, 2026, 12:55 PM Yesterday

Defiant Iran warns parks and tourist attractions worldwide could be targets [View all]

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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