Iran Says European US Bases Within Strike Range If Attacked Again

The signal here is escalation doctrine, not capability: a senior Iranian security official is publicly widening the declared target set to include European and island-based US assets previously treated as outside the exchange. That matters most for Gulf host governments and European basing states, whose exposure to a US-Iran conflict is now being framed in Tehran's own words. Whether this rhetoric stays declaratory or is matched by visible force posture is the open question worth watching.