Iran warned a United States strike would ignite a regional war and announced a retaliatory move to label EU armies as terrorists as Washington expanded its military posture and both sides hinted at renewed talks.

Khamenei’s late November and mid-December speeches deny any outreach to Washington, cast recent conflicts as failed US-Israeli aggression, and redefine the main threat to Iran as a Western-led media and identity war rather than direct military attack.

Ayatollah Khamenei reaffirmed Iran’s military strength while warning against Western “soft warfare,” portraying ideological subversion as the greatest threat to the Islamic Republic’s stability.