📰 3 sources 3 articles · 11 Nov 2026, 16:43 → 23 minutes ago

Mohsen Rezaei threatens to strike US bases outside the Middle East, including sites in Europe

On 11 November 2026, Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Iran would target US bases outside the Middle East, including bases in European countries, if they are used to launch attacks against Iran. The statement came in an interview broadcast by Al-Mayadeen and was picked up by outlets over the following hours.

📍 Where things stand: The Iranian threat has been aired through a television interview, and no practical steps linked to it have been announced so far.

⏱️ Timeline

11 Nov 2026, 16:43 Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Iran would target European countries if US aircraft launch from them to attack Iran.
11 Nov 2026, 17:34 Shabakat Tawasol Al-Ikhbariya reported that Iran threatened to target US bases in Europe, without further details on the nature or timing of the threat.
11 Nov 2026, 18:41 In an interview broadcast by Al-Mayadeen on Wednesday, Mohsen Rezaei widened the scope of the threat to US bases outside the Middle East, including bases in European countries, if they are used to launch attacks against the Islamic Republic. He said the Iranian response would hit "US military installations that are geographically distant, including those we have not yet attacked," referring to the possibility of bombing islands the Americans believe are beyond the range of Iranian missiles.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

Scope of the Iranian threat

Targeting European countries if US aircraft launch from them to attack Iran according to lebanon debate
Targeting US bases in Europe according to شبكة تواصل الإخبارية
Targeting US bases outside the Middle East, including bases in European countries according to France 24

Official title of Mohsen Rezaei

Secretary of Iran's National Security Council according to lebanon debate
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council according to France 24

Figures as each outlet reported them at the time. We do not judge which is correct; numbers often change as events develop.

How the sources covered it

The reports differed mainly in how broadly they framed the Iranian threat: one cited "European countries", another "US bases in Europe", while a third carried the wider wording about US bases and installations outside the Middle East and identified the source of the statement as an Al-Mayadeen interview.

lebanon debate Presented the threat as targeting "European countries" if US aircraft launch from them to attack Iran, linking it to rising tension between Tehran and Washington.
شبكة تواصل الإخبارية Limited itself to reporting an Iranian threat to target US bases in Europe and explicitly noted the absence of details on the nature or timing of the threat.
France 24 Placed the statement in the context of an interview broadcast by Al-Mayadeen on Wednesday, widened the scope to US bases outside the Middle East, quoted the phrase "geographically distant US military installations", and referred to islands beyond Iranian missile range.

AI comparison of what each outlet emphasized. It describes emphasis, not accuracy.

lebanon debateشبكة تواصل الإخباريةFrance 24

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France 24 18:41

Rezaei warns Iran will target US bases outside the Middle East if used to launch attacks on Iran

Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei threatened in an interview broadcast by Al-Mayadeen on Wednesday to target US bases outside the Middle East, includ…

شبكة تواصل الإخبارية 17:34

Iran threatens to target US bases in Europe in chilling new threat

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lebanon debate 16:43

Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary: We will target European countries if American aircraft launch from them to attack Iran

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