Iran will make no distinction between the United States and "Israel" in the event of any future military aggression, a senior Iranian security and political official has warned, declaring that American and Israeli interests will be considered legitimate targets in defense of Iran’s own interests.

In statements to Al Mayadeen, the official said Tehran’s previous self-imposed restrictions and constraints would no longer remain in place, adding that the scope and nature of potential targets in any future aggression against Iran would face no limits.

Any US support for an Israeli attack on Iran would mean that Tehran would treat American and Israeli targets without distinction, he added.

Netanyahu’s influence shapes Trump’s decisions

The senior official further said Iran and the international community had seen the extent of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s influence over US President Donald Trump’s positions and decisions.

According to the official, Netanyahu’s personal influence over Trump makes the US president willing to do anything to spare the Israeli prime minister an electoral defeat.

Trump, he added, was pursuing a course that other key figures within Washington’s governing establishment did not support, warning that he would pay the price for it. In this context, he recalled recent remarks by US vice president JD Vance, noting that they reflected serious disagreements within the Trump administration over decisions of critical importance.

Vance admits 'lot of mistakes, fundamental failures' in US war on Iran

Anadolu Agency had reported that JD Vance acknowledged “a lot of mistakes and a lot of fundamental failures” in Washington’s handling of the Iran war, as he faced questions over the growing human and economic costs of the war during a CBS News town hall.

Vance was responding to Joey Amor, whose wife, Master Sgt. Nicole Amor, was among six US Army Reserve soldiers killed in an Iranian strike on a US military site in Kuwait during the opening hours of the war in late February. At least 21 US service members have been killed and hundreds wounded so far.

Vance acknowledged shortcomings in the handling of US forces, saying, “Sometimes information doesn't filter up to me,” while pledging to “take every single failure extremely seriously.”

The vice president also pointed to troop positioning as a major weakness in the US military’s approach. “I know that there are some issues with, for example … where troops were located that we realized was a huge mistake and that we could do better on. And we have changed that,” he said.

Asked why Washington had yet to secure a decisive victory despite President Donald Trump’s initial expectations, Vance argued that the United States had “in some ways … won decisively,” while acknowledging that the outcome also depended on Iran’s actions.

“The enemy gets a vote here,” he said.

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