Our Military Bases Are Beyond Your Reach, Iran Mocks Trump

Iran on Thursday mocked President Donald Trump and dismissed his fresh threats against the country as “insane”.

According to Iran, most critical military sites remain hidden and beyond the reach of American strikes.

A spokesman for Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, Elias Hazrati, made the remarks on Iranian state television, saying Trump’s words had only strengthened national resolve.

“Trump is tangled with insane remarks,” Hazrati said.

“Today, Iran is managing the Strait of Hormuz powerfully.”

A spokesman for Iran’s military, Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, further claimed that sites targeted by the United States were decoys, not Iran’s main strategic infrastructure.

“The centres you think you have targeted are insignificant, and our strategic military productions take place in locations of which you have no knowledge and will never reach,” he said.

The defiant statements came after Trump’s first prime-time address since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began, in which he praised progress on the battlefield and said U.S. forces were “nearing completion” of core strategic objectives, while warning of intensified attacks over the next “two to three weeks.”

He repeated threats to hit Iran “extremely hard” and declared that the country could be pushed “back to the Stone Ages,” insisting that the U.S. has the capability and resolve to respond decisively to any threats from Tehran.

While Trump described plans to meet battlefield objectives “very, very shortly,” he offered no detailed solution to reopen the Strait of Hormuz which is a vital chokepoint for global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments.

He also urged nations reliant on the waterway to secure it themselves, repeating calls to “get your own oil”.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin has since condemned Trump’s rhetoric as unacceptable.

“Every person involved in war has to prioritize civilian protection and innocent civilians,” Martin said on Newstalk radio.

“We all know that the Iranian regime was a very oppressive one. But this war is creating death and destruction to people in Iran who had no act or part in the regime.”

He added that it remained unclear whether Trump’s threats were aimed at civilians or infrastructure.

The conflict, which erupted on February 28, 2026, has heightened regional tensions and caused global concern, with Iran closing parts of the Strait of Hormuz.

Despite international pressure, Iran insists it remains in control and capable of defending its strategic interests.