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The threat comes from Ari Larinjani, known as among the more hardline of those in the hardline regime. It came via a post on X. Another hardliner with a death wish.
Israel Hayom: “The freedom-loving nation of Iran is not afraid of your hollow threats,” Larijani opened his post. “Even those who were mightier than you have failed to destroy the Iranian nation. Watch yourself – or you’ll be eliminated,” the senior official wrote. Larijani’s remarks came in response to an unusually forceful briefing by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in which he used especially harsh language toward Iran’s leadership. “Like the terrorist cowards they are, they fire missiles from schools and hospitals, and deliberately target civilians because they know their military has been systematically degraded – and destroyed. Iran’s neighbors, and in some cases its former allies in the Gulf, have abandoned it. And its proxies – Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Hamas – are broken, ineffective, or sidelined. Iran stands alone, and it is losing badly,” Hegseth said (Israel Hayom).
Larijani previously issued a fiery warning to President Trump on Saturday, insisting that he must “pay the price” following the highly successful US and Israeli air strikes that have wiped out much of Iran’s top brass.
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Senior Iranian leader issues chilling warning that Trump could be ‘eliminated’
By Anthony Blair, NY Post, March 10, 2026:
A surviving senior Iranian leader issued a chilling threat against President Trump early Tuesday in response to the commander-in-chief’s own warning of a massive escalation of “Death, Fire and Fury.”
Ali Larijani, head of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, shared a Tuesday night Truth Social post by Trump in which the president threatened to hit Iran “TWENTY TIMES HARDER” if it thwarted oil supplies.
“Iran does not fear your paper threats,” Larijani wrote defiantly on X.
Ali Larijani, former chairman of the parliament of Iran.
Ali Larijani threatened President Trump on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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“Even those greater than you could not eliminate the Iranian nation,” he wrote. “Watch out for yourself — lest you be eliminated!”ADVERTISEMENTLarijani previously issued a fiery warning to President Trump on Saturday, insisting that he must “pay the price” following the highly successful US and Israeli air strikes that have wiped out much of Iran’s top brass.
His latest defiance came as Trump warned of further escalation if the Islamic Republic meddled with pil supplies.
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“If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far,” Trump warned in his late-night post, saying that “Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them.”“This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated,” he wrote, with his now trademark sign-off: “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Oil prices fell sharply in early Tuesday trading following Trump’s comments that the war will end “very soon.”
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also reiterated Trump’s warning to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, through which flows some 20% of the world’s oil supplies.
ADVERTISEMENT“If Iran does anything to stop the flow of oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America 20 times harder than they have been hit thus far,” Hegseth said at a news conference.
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