Iran vows to 'target US bases' if American forces launch an attack: report

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Saturday that Tehran volition "target U.S. bases" successful the portion if American forces motorboat an attack, a study said. 

The remark came aft Araghchi said Friday that indirect atomic talks with the U.S. successful Oman were "a bully start" and that determination was a "consensus" that the negotiations would continue. 

"It would not beryllium imaginable to onslaught American soil, but we volition people their bases successful the region" if Iran is attacked by U.S. forces, Araghchi told Al Jazeera connected Saturday, according to Reuters. 

"We volition not attack neighboring countries; rather, we volition people U.S. bases stationed successful them. There is a large difference between the two," helium reportedly added.

IRANIAN OFFICIAL SAYS NUCLEAR TALKS WILL CONTINUE AFTER US, TEHRAN NEGOTIATIONS HAD ‘A GOOD START’ IN OMAN

This handout photograph from the U.S. Navy shows Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Michael Cordova directing an F/A-18F Super Hornet connected the formation platform of the Nimitz-class craft bearer USS Abraham Lincoln successful the Indian Ocean connected Jan. 23, 2026. The craft bearer is presently successful the Middle East, and it changeable down an Iranian drone earlier this week. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy via AP)

The U.S. past June attacked atomic facilities successful Iran, successful what has travel to beryllium known arsenic Operation Midnight Hammer. 

In response, Iran launched a retaliatory onslaught connected Al-Udeid, the American airbase successful Qatar, which President Donald Trump characterized astatine the clip as a "very anemic response." 

"Iran has officially responded to our Obliteration of their Nuclear Facilities with a precise anemic response, which we expected, and person precise efficaciously countered. There person been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ due to the fact that it was headed successful a nonthreatening direction," the president wrote connected Truth Social. 

SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL ACTIVITY AT IRAN NUCLEAR SITES BOMBED BY US, ISRAEL

President Donald Trump gestures portion delivering remarks to U.S. troops during a sojourn to Al Udeid Air Base successful Doha, Qatar, connected May 15, 2025.  (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Regarding Friday’s atomic talks, Araghchi said, "It was a bully start, but its continuation depends connected consultations successful our respective capitals and deciding on how to proceed." 

Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi met with some Iranian and American officials connected Friday, the Foreign Ministry of Oman said connected X. The ministry said that al-Busaidi held abstracted meetings with Araghchi and U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. 

Iranian overseas curate Seyed Abbas Araghchi speaks successful the bluish metropolis of Rasht, Iran, connected Nov. 18, 2025. (Shadati/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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"The consultations focused connected preparing the due conditions for resuming diplomatic and method negotiations, portion emphasizing their importance, successful airy of the parties' determination to guarantee their occurrence successful achieving sustainable information and stability," the Foreign Ministry of Oman said.