Iranian Official Claims Tehran Welcomes U.S. Ground Assault After Missile Launch
explorehotelworld.com – A high-ranking Iranian representative has asserted that the nation has dedicated decades to both anticipating and embracing the prospect of an American military ground offensive. This declaration emerged as renewed hostilities between Washington and Tehran entered their eighth consecutive day, with fresh detonations echoing throughout the region. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian-American scholar frequently characterized as a government spokesperson, simultaneously highlighted the deployment of a recently introduced missile system while emphasizing Tehran’s strategy of dispersing and concealing its military stockpile beneath the earth’s surface.
Strategic Preparations and Missile Capabilities
Marandi, who previously served as an advisor within Iran’s nuclear negotiation delegation, shared his observations during a discussion with political analyst Glenn Diesen. He explained that while an American invasion is not guaranteed to occur immediately, comprehensive plans are already in place. The analyst noted that Iranian military operations have concentrated primarily on Bahrain and Kuwait, territories hosting the majority of American military installations designated for potential ground operations.
“The Americans are planning an invasion. I’m not saying it will necessarily happen. I’m not saying it will necessarily happen in the next few days. But they have plans for an invasion,” Marandi stated.
The escalating tensions have spread across both western and southern regions of Iran as the weekend approached. Tehran has directed coordinated missile and drone attacks against facilities connected to American interests across Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Jordanian authorities reported intercepting ten projectiles during the early hours of Saturday, while Kuwaiti officials documented both human casualties and substantial destruction affecting a critical power generation and water desalination facility.
Underground Military Infrastructure
American aerial bombardments have targeted multiple strategic locations including transportation bridges, essential road tunnels, monitoring stations, and heavily fortified subterranean ammunition repositories. The city of Khorramabad, situated within Iran’s Lorestan province, experienced several powerful explosions. According to Iranian state television reports, these blasts resulted from American missiles deployed from regional bases located in Kuwait.
Khorramabad contains the Imam Ali Missile Base, which Washington’s Nuclear Threat Initiative identifies as one of Tehran’s principal underground silo complexes. This facility was specifically constructed to house and launch Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missiles powered by liquid fuel. The installation sustained damage during Israeli aerial campaigns in 2025 that targeted Iran’s military and nuclear infrastructure.
“When Iran wants to fire missiles or drones, they don’t put them inside buildings or in piles somewhere. They take out whatever they need,” Marandi explained. “They fire them, and then they go back to their bases, or they take out different missiles and drones, spread them out in different areas, put them apart from one another so that the Americans cannot bomb them in large numbers.”
Geopolitical Implications and Future Scenarios
The current escalation marks the termination of a recently concluded memorandum of understanding establishing a sixty-day ceasefire period alongside provisions for nuclear negotiations. Control over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz has emerged as the central point of contention, transforming the waterway into the primary theater of conflict.
President Donald Trump initiated renewed aerial operations shortly after the truce agreement took effect. On July 14, he suggested the potential for initiating a ground campaign. Marandi indicated that Iran’s military leadership is actively preparing for this possibility and has incorporated a newly developed weapon system into the ongoing confrontation.
“Iran has that advantage, and of course, it has been accumulating missiles and drones for decades now, and it is doing so even now,” Marandi claimed. “They, I think, last night introduced a new missile to the war.”
According to Marandi, the Iranian military command believes that a direct land invasion represents the most effective mechanism for concluding hostilities on favorable terms. He recalled previous discussions about Iran’s strategic calculations during earlier conflicts, noting that Tehran’s leadership maintains confidence in achieving victory through ground combat operations. The official emphasized that decades of preparation have positioned Iran to withstand sustained American military campaigns while maintaining the capability to deliver powerful counterstrikes across multiple fronts.
