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Senior Iranian Commander Warns US Conflict Is ‘Inevitable’

A senior Iranian military official has said that renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is unavoidable unless Tehran accepts Washington’s demands, as diplomatic efforts between the two countries appear to have reached an impasse.

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Mohammad Jafar Assadi, deputy head of Iran’s central military command, Khatam al-Anbiya, said the United States was seeking Iran’s complete capitulation and that such a demand would never be accepted by the Iranian people.

“The United States demands our total surrender, and the Iranian nation will never surrender,” Assadi said.

‘War Is Inevitable’

Assadi argued that if Iran refuses to yield to U.S. demands, armed conflict would be unavoidable.

“Without surrender, war is inevitable,” he said.

Rising Tensions

The remarks come as negotiations between Tehran and Washington appear to be losing momentum, raising concerns about a further deterioration in relations between the two longtime adversaries.

The comments are among the strongest public warnings from a senior Iranian military figure in recent months and underscore growing tensions as diplomatic efforts struggle to make progress.

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Kandinski Advanced Member

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8 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

The US never won any war since WW2 (and there have been many)

While technically not a declared war the operation, Urgent Fury in 1983, to secure supply of nutmeg from Granada for the eggnog was a great succes.

MikeandDow Ruby Member

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16 minutes ago, Kandinski said:

While technically not a declared war the operation, Urgent Fury in 1983, to secure supply of nutmeg from Granada for the eggnog was a great succes.

Well i think thats all America can do invade the likes of Grenada while technicaly a sucess it did have its faults, the operation revealed significant deficiencies in joint-service communication, intelligence, and inter-branch coordination. These flaws proved to be the catalyst for the historic 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act

BarraMarra Ruby Member

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The big difference is when the planning that goes into the theatre of war, it has to be a wll thought out planned and trained for. Take for instance the storming of the beaches in Normandy. A small group sneaked in from a submarine and collected sand to identify if it could take heavy artillary or if it would be bogged down on the beach. When we hit the beaches we lost 1,500 men the yanks stormed in and lost 2,500. Its easy snatching despots like Noriega or Maduro there easy but when it comes to Conflicts like Afgahn America depended on the brits and other Coalition forces. Without us you lot would still be building sand castles in the iraqi sand.

Yellowtail Star Member

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2 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

The big difference is when the planning that goes into the theatre of war, it has to be a wll thought out planned and trained for. Take for instance the storming of the beaches in Normandy. A small group sneaked in from a submarine and collected sand to identify if it could take heavy artillary or if it would be bogged down on the beach. When we hit the beaches we lost 1,500 men the yanks stormed in and lost 2,500. Its easy snatching despots like Noriega or Maduro there easy but when it comes to Conflicts like Afgahn America depended on the brits and other Coalition forces. Without us you lot would still be building sand castles in the iraqi sand.

What I fine fighting force you were.

Again, the UK was the greatest force for the good of humanity in the history of the world. Too many people forget that.

3NUMBAS Ruby Member

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the mad mulahes have a death wish ,the US can bomb them to hell in a short space of time.just like hitler and the nazis they will be doomed to rubble.think. themselves lucky trump hasnt nuked em yet,

they are100 % terrorist bad ass thugs along with hamas and hezbollah

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13 hours ago, gargamon said:

So war it us then. The US still expects absolute surrender but Iran has the cards... And Trump keeps saying it's over.

the us onlyhas to bomb their oil terminals and power plants and theyre screwed for a long time ,they have no cards except bluff and hubris

gargamon Ruby Member

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9 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

the us onlyhas to bomb their oil terminals and power plants and theyre screwed for a long time ,they have no cards except bluff and hubris

1 drone against a tanker or a merchant marine ship once in a while takes very little.

MikeandDow Ruby Member

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10 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

the us onlyhas to bomb their oil terminals and power plants and theyre screwed for a long time ,they have no cards except bluff and hubris

That"s what you yanks thought in Vietnam, Afghanistan 20yrs in Afghanistan and you lost !! how long is this war going to be !! good way to spend your Tax dollars !

Yellowtail Star Member

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3 minutes ago, gargamon said:

1 drone against a tanker or a merchant marine ship once in a while takes very little.

And that will destroy the United States?

couchpotato Gold Member

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Since day one of this conflict, the US has gravely underestimated the weapons capability and the resolve of the regime/people of Iran. I know the US say they are winning, but they are not, and this tit for tat type of war is just harming the rest of the world. Hopefully the leaders will see sense soon.

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2 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

Since day one of this conflict, the US has gravely underestimated the weapons capability and the resolve of the regime/people of Iran. I know the US say they are winning, but they are not, and this tit for tat type of war is just harming the rest of the world. Hopefully the leaders will see sense soon.

Unfortunately Trump is making money out of this he will not stop !!

newbee2022 Star Member

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11 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

And that will destroy the United States?

Yes, in a different way

Yellowtail Star Member

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10 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Yes, in a different way

What way might that be?

mordothailand Silver Member

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5 hours ago, Point Arguello said:

Not quite, The US was cooked when they started Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan for all the wrong reasons that im not going to school you about. And if not for the US ya all over there would be speaking German or Russian .

if not for the french, the americans would be speaking english

newbee2022 Star Member

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24 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

What way might that be?

Higher oil prices, civil unrest, demonstrations, higher inflation, strikes, downturn of economy, at last impeachment if possible.

You don't know that 😳?

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2 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Higher oil prices, civil unrest, demonstrations, higher inflation, strikes, downturn of economy, at last impeachment if possible.

You don't know that 😳?

How will that destroy the country?

We already have higher oil prices, civil unrest, demonstrations, high inflation, a bad economy, and Trump was impeached twice.

Will everything not be fine once the left takes Congress in the midterms, Trump is impeached and we surrender to Iran?

newbee2022 Star Member

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14 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

How will that destroy the country?

We already have higher oil prices, civil unrest, demonstrations, high inflation, a bad economy, and Trump was impeached twice.

Will everything not be fine once the left takes Congress in the midterms, Trump is impeached and we surrender to Iran?

Surrender?

Not necessary. You're defeated already, humiliated again, and the world is shocked because of incompetence of the most powerful country in the world (=self description).

It will take years or decades to restore trust and reliability, sure under Dems.

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11 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

That"s what you yanks thought in Vietnam, Afghanistan 20yrs in Afghanistan and you lost !! how long is this war going to be !! good way to spend your Tax dollars !

11 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

The US went into Afghanistan to get bin Laden, see bin Laden in tora bora. Unfortunately instead of sending US army rangers the US contracted the task to the locals. Then while of course that did not work out they spent 20 years building schools and bridges that were promptly blown up by taliban. The winner was VP Cheney and his Hallarburton military contractor. Re iraq: if saddam had to go that's what .50 cal snipers are for. Instead , the sunni government was dismantled that allowed Shia iran in. So in both cases the disasters were not military but from the saps in control. And that's why the US military should be in control in iran.Screenshot_20260604_055825_Google.jpgScreenshot_20260604_060207_Google.jpg

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Did Military Misstep Let Bin Laden Escape? | Brookings

Opinion by Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in The Baltimore Sun, April 28, 2002
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21 minutes ago, Point Arguello said:

The US went into Afghanistan to get bin Laden, see bin Laden in tora bora. Unfortunately instead of sending US army rangers the US contracted the task to the locals. Then while of course that did not work out they spent 20 years building schools and bridges that were promptly blown up by taliban. The winner was VP Cheney and his Hallarburton military contractor. Re iraq: if saddam had to go that's what .50 cal snipers are for. Instead , the sunni government was dismantled that allowed Shia iran in. So in both cases the disasters were not military but from the saps in control. And that's why the US military should be in control in iran.Screenshot_20260604_055825_Google.jpgScreenshot_20260604_060207_Google.jpg

Brookings
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Did Military Misstep Let Bin Laden Escape? | Brookings

Opinion by Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in The Baltimore Sun, April 28, 2002

The whole point is The Yanks should have not started this war in the first place !! what has been achieved ? nothing ! the Yanks are famous for starting wars that they cannot finish and just leave a bit mess for others to clean up !

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And this is why the US was in Afghanistan for 20 yearsScreenshot_20260604_082654_Chrome.jpg

BarraMarra Ruby Member

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They tried that before with all there muscle and fire power then bragged they smashed them and its only a few days it will be over. Yesterday Iran Targeted Kuwait and Bahrain so they never smashed them or sent there navy to the bootom of the Sea. Without a coalition the Yanks are clueless and if not carefull they will have another Vietnam on there hands.

MikeandDow Ruby Member

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49 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

They tried that before with all there muscle and fire power then bragged they smashed them and its only a few days it will be over. Yesterday Iran Targeted Kuwait and Bahrain so they never smashed them or sent there navy to the bootom of the Sea. Without a coalition the Yanks are clueless and if not carefull they will have another Vietnam on there hands.

You are correct the Yanks are clueless They can use up there bombs but the Iranians will crawl out of there holes and still fire there missiles the only way is boots on the ground BUT the USA will have to bear the cost of A Lot of body bags as it will be bloody ! and i dont think this will happen this is another forever war !!

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