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Iran Vows 'All-Out War' if Struck as US Carrier Moves Toward Region

Tehran rejects a UN resolution extending an independent investigation into the protest crackdown.

A woman passes a damaged mosque in Tehran on Jan. 21, 2026. Many mosques have Basij headquarters and were set on fire during protests.
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Media representatives walk past parked buses that were burnt at a depot during recent public protests, in Tehran on January 21, 2026.
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Overview

  • A senior Iranian official told Reuters that any US attack would be treated as an all-out war and answered in the “hardest way possible.”
  • IRGC commander Gen. Mohammad Pakpour warned the US and Israel to avoid miscalculation, saying the force is “more ready than ever, finger on the trigger.”
  • President Donald Trump said a US “armada” is heading toward Iran, with the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group in the Indian Ocean en route to the Middle East.
  • The UN Human Rights Council condemned the violent suppression of protests and extended a fact-finding mandate, a move Iran dismissed as politicized and illegitimate.
  • Death tolls remain contested under an internet blackout, with Iran reporting 3,117 killed while HRANA cites more than 5,000, and Iran’s top prosecutor denied Trump’s claim that 800 executions were halted.