# Iran Learns ‘How to Fight America’: Naqdi’s Stark Deterrence Threat Raises Escalation Risk

*Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-08-12T14:06:48.437Z (3h ago)
**Category**: geopolitics | **Region**: Middle East
**Importance**: 8/10
**Sources**: OSINT
**Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/articles/14122.md
**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries

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**Deck**: In a series of on‑record comments, Revolutionary Guard Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi says five months of war have taught Iran “how to fight with America,” vowing that rockets will keep flying for years and that US economic interests worldwide are vulnerable. His remarks shed rare light on Tehran’s deterrence logic, its view of the US military’s weaknesses, and the role of Ayatollah Khamenei’s son Mojtaba in war strategy.

Iran is using its confrontation with the United States as a live‑fire classroom, according to one of the Revolutionary Guard’s most outspoken commanders. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior figure in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has said in detailed interviews that five months of conflict have given Iran the “real war” experience it lacked and taught it how to fight American forces, which he now portrays as weaker than Iranian leaders once believed. Naqdi’s comments are striking not just for their content but for their candor at a moment when a temporary Iran–US ceasefire arrangement is under strain and regional attacks on US forces and shipping are mounting.…

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