“Pride comes before a fall,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says in a post on X, referring to the US.

“You dragged your country into an unlawful and atrocious war against Iran. Your calculations failed, your assumptions collapsed, and your strategic misjudgments became painfully evident — all because you fundamentally misunderstood Iran,” he says.

“The American people have now sent you a clear message.”

He warns that if the US persists with the war, “the consequences of this grave miscalculation will extend far beyond what you have already witnessed”.

“Attacking Iran does not bring victory. It only results in defeat,” the spokesperson adds. “Iran is not a nation that can be understood through arrogance, intimidated through threats, or brought to its knees through aggression.”