ERBIL () - Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Emergency Command Headquarters issued one of the most severe and comprehensive military warnings of the entire seven-month conflict on Sunday, September 20, 2026, declaring that if the United States makes a mistake against Iran, all American positions in the region will face continuous, effective, and painful attacks without limits, while simultaneously warning every regional country against leaning toward American aggression or expecting Iranian restraint in return.
"Based on information received, the United States decided to renew its moves against Iran with a green light from some countries in the region,"the headquarters said. "The matter was discussed at a joint meeting in one of the European countries."
The headquarters then issued two explicit warnings. To the United States: "If it makes a mistake against Iran, all the places where it is located in the region will suffer continuous, effective and painful attacks, without limits."To the countries of the region: "If they lean in favor of American aggression against Iran, they will all be considered complicit in this action, and they will not be able to expect restraint from Iran."
The claim that the United States received a green light from regional countries at a joint meeting in a European country is the most specific Iranian intelligence disclosure about American military planning since the conflict began, suggesting that Tehran has intelligence about consultations that have taken place between Washington and unnamed regional partners in a third-country setting. The claim of a European meeting places the alleged coordination outside the Middle East entirely, potentially referencing consultations in NATO capitals or bilateral security discussions on the sidelines of international gatherings.
The warning carries particular weight because of its institutional origin. Khatam al-Anbiya, which translates as Seal of the Prophets, is the operational command headquarters of Iran's entire armed forces, responsible for coordinating between the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, the IRGC, and all other military branches. A statement from its Emergency Command Headquarters represents the highest operational military authority Iran can invoke short of a direct order from the Supreme Leader, and the use of the phrase without limits is a deliberate escalation beyond Iran's previous warnings, which had described strikes as more severe than before and potentially expanding.
The statement arrives on the same day that Trump returned to the White House unexpectedly from Camp David, Iran delivered seven conditions to the United States through Qatar accompanied by a threat of decisive war if rejected, US embassies across the Middle East issued simultaneous security warnings, a Houthi ballistic missile was intercepted over Riyadh, CNN reported Trump is discussing Houthi strikes, and Netanyahu cancelled his planned Texas trip. The Khatam al-Anbiya warning, issued by Iran's highest operational military command on the conflict's most escalatory single day in weeks, signals that Tehran believes American military action may be imminent and has chosen to issue its most comprehensive deterrent statement to date rather than wait for the first strike.
The warning to regional countries that they will be considered complicit if they lean toward American aggression is directed at the same Gulf states that Rezaei hours earlier invited to join a Persian Gulf family of economic cooperation and a single currency. The two statements, one extending an olive branch and the other threatening unlimited retaliation, represent the dual-track Iranian strategy of simultaneously offering regional partnership and threatening collective punishment, deployed on the same Sunday as the conflict approaches its most decisive moment.
