Iran's Supreme Leader's representative, Abdollah Haji Sadeghi, warned the United States that it would face a "harsher and more destructive" response than in the past if it took further action, according to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. Sadeghi stated that Iran understands its enemies' "vulnerable points" and noted that the enemy had previously mistakenly believed that targeting leaders and military commanders would "remove the public from the stage." He added that after failing in the military sphere, the enemy is now attempting to influence society through psychological warfare, aiming to create "despair, incite division, and question" the resistance forces.