Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that a return to war with the United States was unlikely, but warned that Tehran stood ready to respond to any attack.
The statement came a day after Iran accused the US of breaching the ceasefire in place since April, and warned it was prepared to retaliate following the most serious strikes since the truce took effect.
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In Lebanon, where a truce has done little to halt the violence in Israel’s war with Hezbollah, Israeli strikes killed 31 people on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
The Middle East war erupted in late February with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, spreading swiftly across multiple fronts and engulfing the region, while throwing global energy markets into chaos.
