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

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

"As agelong arsenic nan Americans activity Iran's surrender, our consequence is that we will ne'er judge humiliation," Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Sunday.

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

The Post reported Saturday, citing anonymous sources, that nan 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, pinch imaginable targets including Kharg Island and coastal weapons sites adjacent nan Strait of Hormuz.

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

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

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

Reuters separately reported that nan management has considered sending thousands of further troops to nan region and that Trump has weighed nan usage of ground forces to prehend Kharg Island. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said nan 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, pinch analysts informing that moreover a constricted seizure of territory could expose American forces to sustained counterattacks and complicate efforts to extremity nan warfare quickly.

Washington has dispatched thousands of Marines to nan Middle East, pinch nan first of 2 contingents arriving connected Friday aboard an amphibious battle ship, nan 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 scheme to Iran, pinch a connection to reopen nan Strait of Hormuz and restrict Iran's atomic program, but Tehran has rejected nan database and put guardant proposals of its own.

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

US TROOPS BRACE FOR ‘HIT-AND-RUN’ GUERILLA ATTACKS AS 82ND AIRBORNE DEPLOYS TO IRAN, MILITARY ANALYST WARNS

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

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

Reuters contributed to this report.