Mr. Trump, the gambler, you may start this war, but we will be the ones to end it," Khatam al-Anbiya central military headquarters spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaqari said in a recorded video statement posted to X and translated to English.

Iran has been outspoken against Israel but is now including American targets and the man it once vowed to retaliate against with an assassination attempt after Trump's killing of Islamic Republican Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander Qasem Soleimani.

Saddam found out the hard way and ended up at the end of a rope