Iran war update

Iranian government threatens to set American troops on fire, while casualties and threats mount

By G. A. McNeeley 

Photo:  fighter jets aboard USS Abraham Lincoln Feb. 27; via Dept. of War

April 4, 2026 (Iran) -- Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, said Tehran is “waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire,” in a published message broadcast on Iranian state media on Sunday, March 29, according to The Independent. 


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