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Iranian parliament speaker warns US troops will be "set on fire" if a ground invasion occurs amid regional talks in Pakistan to end a monthlong war with over 3,000 deaths.
- On Sunday, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused the United States of secretly planning a "ground attack" while publicly seeking negotiations, warning Iranian forces are "waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire."
- The accusations followed the arrival of the USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship carrying around 3,500 Marines and sailors, in the Middle East on Friday as the Pentagon reportedly drafts plans for weeks of potential ground operations.
- Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt convened in Islamabad on Sunday to foster "direct dialogue" between the United States and Iran amid the monthlong war.
- Separately, the Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that Israeli and American universities are "legitimate targets" unless the United States condemned strikes on Iranian universities by midday Monday, marking an escalation in targeting civilian institutions.
- Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have entered the war, launching missiles toward Israel and raising concerns over potential blockades of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, through which about 12% of global trade passes.
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Iran warns U.S. against ground invasion, threatens to set troops on fire
Iranian forces "are waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever," the country's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said.
The arrival in the Middle East of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit gives the president more options in a conflict that already takes two months. Regional diplomats met on Sunday in Pakistan to discuss a possible ceasefire and blockade of the Strait of Ormuz.
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