Iran has hurled a thunderous threat across the Indian Ocean, vowing to obliterate the joint U.S.-U.K. naval base on Diego Garcia in a storm of missiles and drones if the United States dares to attack the Islamic Republic. The chilling warning, reported by Britain’s The Telegraph on Saturday, comes as tensions between Washington and Tehran spiral toward a breaking point, with the remote Chagos Archipelago base now a glaring target in Iran’s crosshairs.

“Iran possesses the firepower to strike from its mainland,” boasted Iranian state media, flaunting the nation’s arsenal. “Newer Khorramshahr missiles, with their lethal intermediate range, and the Shahed-136B kamikaze drone—capable of striking 4,000 kilometers [2,485 miles]—stand ready to rain destruction.”

Diego Garcia, a fortified speck in the Indian Ocean some 5,200 kilometers (3,200 miles) from Tehran, has suddenly morphed from a strategic asset into a potential powder keg.
The threat erupted into the open during Friday’s Al Quds Day event, where Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of Iran’s Parliament, delivered a blistering address.

“The Americans know how exposed they are,” he roared. “If they cross Iran’s borders, it will ignite a regional inferno. Their bases—and those of their allies—will become ash.” His words, amplified by Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, painted a grim picture of a U.S.-led misstep sparking apocalyptic chaos.

Fueling the drama, Diego Garcia has quietly bristled with new firepower. Last week, multiple U.S. B-2 stealth bombers—ghostly giants from Missouri—touched down at the base, as reported by The Wall Street Journal on March 27.

These are no ordinary warbirds: the B-2, with a staggering 6,900-mile range, is the only aircraft capable of wielding the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 30,000-pound “bunker-buster” designed to shatter fortified targets—like Iran’s nuclear sites. Air & Space Forces Magazine called the deployment “unusual,” noting it’s the first significant B-2 presence on the island since 2020. A U.S. Strategic Command spokesperson confirmed the arrival but left the mission shrouded in mystery.

The stakes ratcheted higher after President Donald Trump’s recent declaration, tying Iran directly to the Yemen-based Houthis’ relentless attacks on U.S. naval vessels and global shipping lanes. “Let nobody be fooled!” Trump thundered on Truth Social. “The hundreds of attacks by those sinister Houthi thugs emanate from Iran itself!”

Dismissing Tehran’s claims of lost control, he accused Iran of arming, funding, and directing the chaos with “highly sophisticated military equipment” and so-called intelligence. “Any future Houthi attack,” he warned, “will be treated as Iran’s own aggression.”

Iran’s response has been a defiant snarl. State media aired footage of missile tests and drone swarms, while commanders hinted at “unseen capabilities” lurking in their arsenal. Diego Garcia, once a distant outpost of Western dominance, now looms as a lightning rod in this deadly standoff. The U.S. has offered no official reply, but the Pentagon’s silence only thickens the air of impending doom.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)