IRGC comments come after Trump says he could strike Iran while insisting that Tehran still wants to make a deal

Since the opening US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader, the war in Iran has reshaped the Middle East in real time, with brinkmanship over the Strait of Hormuz and a haphazard final push toward ceasefire.

U.S. allies in the Middle East continue to intercept hostile drone attacks from Iran, turning the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia more critical toward Tehran's regime.

President says he has instructed US military to be ready for ‘a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice’ – key US politics stories from Monday 18 May

The existence of the effort, which has not been previously reported, was part of a multistage plan developed by Israel to topple Iran’s theocratic government.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei used a series of posts to frame Iran’s war with the United States and Israel in ideological and religious terms, in defiant remarks after President Donald Trump called off a planned strike on Iran on May 18.

The U.S. is escalating pressure on Tehran as the Trump administration issues new sanctions targeting Iran’s networks.