Iran Guards warn ‘gates of hell will open more and more’ on US, Israel

Published March 3, 2026 Updated March 3, 2026 04:27pm

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have warned they would unleash more intense attacks on the US and Israel, AFP reports.

“The enemy must await continuous punitive attacks; the gates of hell will open more and more, moment by moment, upon the United States and Israel,” the Guards spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini told state TV.

 Then-IRGC Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami reviews military equipment during an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran on Oct 17, 2022. —IRGC/WANA via Reuters
Then-IRGC Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami reviews military equipment during an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran on Oct 17, 2022. —IRGC/WANA via Reuters

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