TEHRAN(The COW News Digital) The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a direct ultimatum to regional Arab nations, warning them to immediately expel United States military forces and reclaim hosted bases or face devastating military retaliation.
Brigadier General Yadollah Javani, Deputy Commander for Political Affairs of the IRGC, delivered the stern warning following an escalation in military engagements between Washington and Tehran. Speaking to regional media, Javani explicitly warned Arab governments against allowing their sovereign territory or military facilities to be utilized by American forces for operations targeting Iran.
Javani singled out Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan, declaring that strategic locations within these countries could become primary targets for Iranian counter-strikes if host governments permit ongoing American military presence. He emphasized that Tehran considers forward-deployed US installations across the Middle East a direct threat to its national security and claimed Iranian armed forces have already demonstrated their operational capability to strike any staging ground used against the country.
The explicit warning coincides with a sharp surge in direct military exchanges between US CENTCOM forces and Iranian units across the Persian Gulf and Levant region. Defense analysts note that targeting foreign installations in key partner nations—such as Bahrain, home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet—poses severe risks to regional security and global maritime supply routes.
Tehran’s high-stakes warning reflects an intensifying effort to force Arab states to curtail their bilateral defense partnerships with Washington amid expanding regional instability.
