Iran’s military has warned that hotels housing US soldiers across the region will be targets in its war with the United States and Israel.
“When all the Americans [forces] go into a hotel, then from our perspective that hotel becomes American,” armed forces spokesperson Abolfazl Shekarchi told state television.
“Should we just stand by and let the Americans strike us? When we respond naturally, we have to strike wherever they are.”
On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused US soldiers of using people in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as “human shields”.
“From the outset of this war, US soldiers fled military bases in the GCC to hide in hotels and offices,” he said in a post on X, calling on hotels in the region to deny them bookings. (Al Jazeera)