Iran Declares US Violations Have Ended Restraint, Warns of Powerful Response

A senior Revolutionary Guards commander says the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US has effectively collapsed, accusing Washington of violating its terms on multiple fronts. Major General Mohsen Rezaei, an advisor to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, laid out the case in comments to Iranian state television.

Rezaei cited four specific violations: Israel’s failure to withdraw from southern Lebanon, US efforts to establish an alternative route through the Strait of Hormuz, strikes he said damaged Iranian sovereignty, and failure to restore Iranian assets — a list that frames the agreement’s breakdown as a pattern of American non-compliance rather than a single triggering incident.

His account describes a specific sequence of events following talks in Islamabad, where Pakistan helped broker the preliminary deal. According to Rezaei, the US adopted a dual-track approach after those talks, pursuing negotiations while simultaneously continuing military action — a combination he said Iran no longer considers viable or acceptable going forward.

Rezaei’s most pointed claim concerns the roughly two-week period during which Iran observed a ceasefire: he said that pause gave the US time to complete its naval blockade operations while talks continued in parallel, effectively using the negotiating window to consolidate military positioning rather than moving toward a genuine resolution. That framing suggests Tehran now views the earlier ceasefire less as a step toward peace and more as a tactical opportunity Washington exploited.

He declared the policy of pursuing negotiations and military action simultaneously now finished, signaling a harder Iranian posture heading into the days ahead. Rezaei warned that if the US continues military operations for another two to three days, Iran will be fully prepared to respond, with strict measures to follow against what he termed the enemy.

The warning arrives as the current round of US strikes enters its seventh consecutive night, with casualties in Iran already exceeding 38 dead and 400 wounded according to the country’s Health Ministry. Rezaei’s remarks suggest Iran’s military leadership sees the diplomatic track as effectively closed for now, raising the likelihood of further escalation rather than a near-term return to talks.

Whether this signals an imminent shift in Iran’s military response, or represents rhetorical positioning ahead of further negotiation, will likely become clear within the two-to-three-day window Rezaei referenced — a timeline that puts significant pressure on both sides to either de-escalate quickly or brace for a more intense phase of the conflict.