Iran's security chief on Wednesday warned the United States would face a "new strategy" from Tehran in the Middle East war, after the heaviest exchange of attacks between the foes in weeks.
"With these desperate struggles, you will not only fail to escape the depths of the hell you have created for yourselves," Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei posted on X.
"You will soon see that Iran's new strategy on the battlefield, in diplomacy and in confronting the economic blockade will shatter your foundations," he added in his post.
The latest US strikes, part of stop-start exchanges of fire since Middle East war broke out on February 28, hit areas along the coastline and east of the Strait of Hormuz, as well as provinces in Iran's west, southwest, and south.
One strike in Kuhestak town on Hormuz killed four people and wounded 68 others attending a wedding ceremony, with Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei labelling it "a war crime".
Iran said it retaliated by hitting US military targets across the region, including in Jordan, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Erbil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
Iran's foreign ministry defended the retaliation, saying it was in "accordance with the inherent right of self-defence", and called on countries in the region to prevent the US military from using their territory to launch attacks on the Islamic republic.
Gulf countries have repeatedly said they would not allow their countries to be used for attacks on Iran.
The war between Iran and the United States has focused on the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has kept largely blocked since the start of the conflict, while the US has imposed a naval counter-blockade on Iranian ports.
