Iran Hits Back At Trump’s ‘Stone Age’ Threat With Fresh Warning

2nd April 2026 at 7:03 PM

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New York : Donald Trump’s threat to send Iran “back to the Stone Age” has drawn sharp pushback from Iran’s military leadership, which mocked the remarks and issued a stern warning to the US President. A senior Iranian commander said “Hollywood delusions” had clouded the judgment of American leaders, while another spokesperson asserted that Washington knows little about Tehran’s military capabilities, or the stockpiles it cannot even reach.

Hollywood delusions have so poisoned your minds that, with your paltry 250-year history, you threaten a civilisation over 6,000 years old,” he said. Adding to the pushback, Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari, speaking on behalf of the Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said the facilities targeted in recent attacks were “insignificant” and had no impact on Iran’s strategic military production.

Your intelligence on our military power and equipment is incomplete. You know nothing of our vast strategic capabilities. Do not assume you have destroyed our strategic missile production sites, long-range attack and precision drones, modern air-defence systems, electronic warfare, or special equipment,” the statement claimed.

He added, “The sites you think you hit are insignificant; our strategic military production takes place at locations you do not know about and will never reach. Do not bother trying to count our missiles, drones, and strategic systems; you will be wrong and achieve nothing. Meanwhile, Iran’s army chief, Major General Amir Hatami, issued a stark warning, saying any potential US ground incursion would be met with overwhelming force.

The war continues to intensify in the Middle East, with Israel and the United States striking scores of targets across Iran as well as in Lebanon, including military bases and missile infrastructure. Though Iranian missile fire has declined in recent days, they continue to attack Israel and US bases and interests in the Gulf. Trump did not outline any diplomatic pathway or refer to earlier timelines related to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global oil shipments.