And so, the gaseous emissions from Iran continue. Yet another Iranian "official" is causing climate change with an outpouring of hot air - Greta Thunberg, so far, has not weighed in on the matter. But it's happening; file this under "His mouth is writing checks his butt can't cash." An Iranian senior security official, a goblin called Ali Larijani, who happens to be secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, took to X to threaten President Trump over the president's actions against Iranian oil production. His post is in Farsi, but here's the translation:
The Ashura-loving nation of Iran does not fear your paper threats. Even those greater than you could not eliminate the Iranian nation. Watch out for yourself—lest you be eliminated!
This, no doubt, has caused a few chuckles in the White House.
A senior Iranian security official issued a threat against President Donald Trump on Tuesday following Trump's warning that the United States would retaliate forcefully if Iran disrupts global oil shipments.
Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, posted the message on X after Trump warned that Iran would be hit "TWENTY TIMES HARDER" if it attempts to halt oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.
"The Ashura-loving nation of Iran does not fear your paper threats," Larijani wrote. "Even those greater than you could not eliminate the Iranian nation. Watch out for yourself — lest you be eliminated."
In a follow-up post, Larijani repeated the warning, writing that "those greater than you have failed to erase it … so beware lest you be the ones to vanish."
Nevertheless, this shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. Iran remains a nation-state that still has some resources, not the least of which may be sleeper cells in the United States. It's a safe bet the Secret Service has stepped up its efforts, almost certainly since well before this outpouring of noxious gas.
Even so, there's an element of futility in this threat. The United States and Israel are still, as of this writing, systematically destroying what remains of Iran's capacity to make war, proxy or direct. The really remarkable thing about this Ali Larijani is that he's still looking at the grass from above ground, which is more than we can say for a lot of his colleagues.
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There's some pretty staggering rejection of reality in this outpouring of corral litter from one of the (so far) survivors of the Iranian regime. He rants about "paper threats" while American and Israeli missiles and bombs are still dropping in Iran like raindrops during a summer thunderstorm. One Supreme Leader has been rendered inert, and his son/replacement hasn't been seen for some time, leading to speculation as to whether the guy is actually still converting oxygen into carbon dioxide. Iran's surface navy has been converted into artificial reefs. Their air force is now a "widely-scattered wreckage force." Their remaining leadership, and I use the term leadership in the broadest possible sense, is scurrying about like cockroaches when the kitchen light is flipped on suddenly.
It's a pretty fair bet that the main thing Ali Larijani has accomplished with this threat is to move himself a few notches up the United States' and Israel's target list.
Editor's Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.
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