On Friday, March 20, 2026, Iran’s senior military spokesperson, General Abolfazl Shekarchi, warned that “parks, recreational areas, and tourist destinations worldwide will not be safe for Tehran’s enemies, including senior Israeli and American officials.”

This threat comes as little surprise. Since its establishment in 1979, the Iranian regime has been widely regarded as a major sponsor of terrorism, relying on the global reach of IRGC networks and on proxy groups such as Hezbollah and the Houthis.

After all, what did Iran do as the US-Israeli military campaign against the regime began? It responded with terrorism by attacking, with missiles and drones, civilian targets in Israel and even in neighboring countries not directly involved in the war. The regime’s rockets hit hotels, malls, civilian structures, airports in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and even Azerbaijan. In Israel, the Khomeinist regime targeted kindergartens, schools, and civilian residences.

The attacks were accompanied by obvious lies as the regime claimed that it would not target neighboring countries nor civilian targets, while its state propaganda said that the attacks were causing massive destruction among the Israeli and US military apparatus, in a desperate attempt to domestically hold on to the narrative while the regime and the IRGC leadership were being decimated by Israeli and US raids.

On a domestic level, the Basiji and the IRGC attempted once again to intimidate and repress the population. The regime placed checkpoints throughout Iranian cities, therefore resorting once again to terror against the Iranian people.

Iran’s overall strategy,........

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