Iran responds to reports US weighing ground operations: 'We will never accept humiliation'

Iran is responding boldly Sunday to reports the U.S. mightiness beryllium prepping crushed forces for the adjacent signifier of its designs to basal retired its atomic weapons aspirations and chokehold connected the Strait of Hormuz.

"As agelong arsenic the Americans question Iran's surrender, our effect is that we volition ne'er judge humiliation," Iran's parliament talker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Sunday.

The speaker's connection came aft a study from The Washington Post claiming the Trump medication and War Department are preparing alternatives for Trump to deploy crushed forces, possibly to unafraid remnants of the targeted Iranian atomic programme oregon basal retired further Iranian aggression to escaped up lipid tankers done the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.

The Post reported Saturday, citing anonymous sources, that the Pentagon is preparing options for imaginable U.S. crushed operations successful Iran that could past weeks if Trump approves an escalation. The plans reportedly envision constricted raids by Special Operations and accepted forces alternatively than a full-scale invasion, with imaginable targets including Kharg Island and coastal weapons sites adjacent the Strait of Hormuz.

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A caller Washington Post study said the U.S. is considering a crushed cognition successful Iran. (Vanderwolf Images via Getty)

"It’s the occupation of the Pentagon to marque preparations successful bid to springiness the commandant successful main maximum optionality," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt told the Post successful a statement, echoing remarks made during a property briefing this week. "It does not mean the president has made a decision."

Fox News reached retired to the Pentagon for remark Sunday morning.

Reuters separately reported that the medication has considered sending thousands of further troops to the portion and that Trump has weighed the usage of crushed forces to prehend Kharg Island. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the United States is not presently postured for crushed operations, which would springiness Trump "maximum" flexibility, but said objectives tin beryllium achieved without them.

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The imaginable of U.S. troops entering Iran remains politically divisive and militarily hazardous, with analysts informing that adjacent a constricted seizure of territory could exposure American forces to sustained counterattacks and complicate efforts to extremity the warfare quickly.

Washington has dispatched thousands of Marines to the Middle East, with the archetypal of 2 contingents arriving connected Friday aboard an amphibious battle ship, the U.S. subject has said.

LEAVITT SAYS GROUND TROOPS IN IRAN NOT CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED, DOESN'T RULE IT OUT

The United States said past week it had offered a 15-point ceasefire program to Iran, with a connection to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restrict Iran's atomic program, but Tehran has rejected the database and enactment guardant proposals of its own.

With the Strait of Hormuz efficaciously closed, determination is besides interest astir shipping lanes astir the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea aft Yemen's Houthis entered the fray.

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Trump has threatened to deed Iranian powerfulness stations and different vigor infrastructure if Iran does not unfastened the Strait of Hormuz, though helium has extended a deadline by 10 days.

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Iranian threats against ships person kept astir lipid tankers from attempting the waterway. Iran has agreed to fto an further 20 Pakistani-flagged vessels walk done the strait, with 2 ships permitted to transit daily.

Reuters contributed to this report.