An Iranian official told RT in response to Trump and American reports: We are absolutely prepared for a decisive and massive response to any strike.

This came in response to US President Donald Trump and reports from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

The Iranian official said, "The long record of contradictory American behavior and repeated lies on the one hand, coupled with the unprecedented influence of the Zionist entity over the current American ruling establishment on the other hand, requires us, regardless of Trump's contradictory statements about launching an attack on Iran, and the narratives promoted by the American media, to remain absolutely, one hundred percent, prepared for a massive and decisive response to any strike, no matter how minor."

The official continued, "Iran based its planning on the necessity of preparing for a prolonged confrontation with the enemy, and on this basis it calibrated its defensive and offensive strategies and tactics."

He said, "This time, in addition to revealing new and surprising military equipment, Iran will have no reason to exercise any amount of restraint at all, nor to keep the battlefield confined to its geographical or thematic scope."

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