politics
March 30, 2026
Iran warns U.S. troops will be "set on fire" if Americans launch ground operation
Updated on: March 29, 2026 / 8:55 PM EDT / CBS/AP
TL;DR
- Iran's parliament speaker warned U.S. troops would be "set on fire" if they launched a ground invasion.
- Iranian forces threatened to increase attacks on U.S. allies and partners.
- The Revolutionary Guard threatened to target Israeli and American educational facilities.
- This threat is conditional on the U.S. condemning the bombing of Iranian universities.
- American universities in Qatar and the UAE, as well as the American University of Beirut, have campuses in the region.
- The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad warned of potential Iranian militia targets on American universities in Iraq.
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