All the genocidal Iranian regime had to do to secure cessation of hostilities and an extremely favorable deal was to stop shooting at Americans and Middle Eastern nations’ civilians. But the Islamic jihad fervor of the mullahs is so consuming they never will stop firing.
Modern Westerners operate under a false assumption that all peoples and all governments really want peace; they just need a material bribe big enough. This is false. Islam thrived for 1,400 years by appealing to barbarians who want to wage endless war and believe Allah blesses them for so doing. That hasn’t changed. And unless we eliminate the rest of Iran’s bloodthirsty leadership, Iran will be firing on anyone within range forever. There is nothing like cultish religious zeal combined with Dark Ages-style cruelty to make men committed terrorists.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth emphasized again on Saturday that the Iranian regime is bringing strikes on itself, that every time America hits an Iranian target, it is in response to provocation:
It’s simple: if Iran shoots at U.S. ships, we will destroy (and sink) their oil tankers. All they have to do is not shoot at @USNavy.
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) September 5, 2026
Iran’s oil tanker fleet is defenseless — Iran has no navy or air force. Our planes, ships & subs can strike them all, in @CENTCOM & @USPACOM. https://t.co/lr5TaxloBw
So what are Iranian leaders saying? They’re not exactly shy about their sentiments. Besides offering tens of millions of dollars in bounties on President Donald Trump and his family, with Iranian hit teams already in America, the regime keeps pushing “death to America” rhetoric.
Below is a top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander bragging that Iran will make missiles without stopping, and that it can use asymmetric warfare also of the type that Communist China uses to manipulate our economy and media narratives. The general is planning a massacre of Israelis like the one Muhammad inflicted on Jews in Medina; read more here: "Islam Never Changes: Iranian Threatens Israelis With Fate Like Medina Suffered Under Muhammad." The IRGC is Iran’s military.
#ICYMI: Senior IRGC General Mohammad Reza Naqdi Threatens “Asymmetric War” in Wall Street and Manhattan - Anywhere, Anytime; Adds: The People Plundering Palestine Should Return to Their Countries if They Want to Save Their Lives pic.twitter.com/jOC7kWg8iD
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) September 5, 2026
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei might not be alive, but someone is still posting on his account and under his name. “The criminal rulers of the US and the illegitimate Zionist regime are the sworn enemies of this unity [among Muslims] and friendship,” was his message on August 30. He urged imitation of Muhammad, who was a mass murdering sexual pervert. Not long before that, he urged a “Resistance Economy,” or an economy centered around jihad.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher “Death to America” Ghalibaf is bragging about a Chinese alliance and apparently threatening U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
OQX26|USGG10YR|DOESSPR
— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) September 3, 2026
Short harder, champ. Like your career depends on it (because it does). Or drain below the danger zone and watch your caverns collapse (along with your career). Or pray to the salt gods of Bryan Mound.
The world's already got its popcorn :) pic.twitter.com/pgIYN92l3e
When the mayor of Tehran compared this year’s conflict to round one of a wrestling match and said fighting the “Great Satan” America was “existential,” he reflected the regime’s attitude.
