IRGC cmdr denounces US 'Stone Age' threats as 'Hollywood delusions'
A top Iranian military commander has sharply rebuked American threats to bomb the Islamic Republic "back to the Stone Age," warning US leaders that they are only digging graves for their own troops.
Brigadier General Majid Mousavi, commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), gave the warning on Thursday.
"It is you who are sending your soldiers under gravestones, not Iran that you are claiming to send back to the Stone Age," Mousavi wrote on X.
The commander’s comments came in direct reaction to US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who recently posted a hostile message on social media declaring, "Back to the Stone Age."
Hegseth’s post mirrored the rhetoric of US President Donald Trump.
Speaking from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, Trump delivered a 20 minute primetime address. The speech was widely viewed as a copy-and-paste rehash of his recent Truth Social posts regarding his ongoing war of aggression on Iran.
During the broadcast, Trump repeated his threat to bomb Iran "back to the stone age." He also explicitly threatened to target the nation's civilian infrastructure, including vital power plants and oil facilities.
Mousavi dismissed the presidential rhetoric, contrasting the deep historical roots of Iran with the relatively short existence of the United States.
"Hollywood delusions have so poisoned your minds that, with a meager 250-year history, you threaten a civilization of over 6,000 years," Mousavi added.
The United States and the Israeli regime launched their latest bout of unprovoked aggression against Iran on February 28.
The Iranian Armed Forces have since responded with nearly 90 waves of retaliatory strikes.
Codenamed Operation True Promise 4, the fierce counter-offensive has seen Iran launch hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles. The ongoing strikes, alongside coordinated drone attacks, continue to pound sensitive and strategic American and Israeli targets throughout the region.
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