US President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that Iran would be hit “very hard” over the next two or three weeks, saying the US action would “send it back to the Stone Age” as the conflict between Iran, Israel and the US continues to deepen and tensions in the Middle East rise.“We’re going to hit them hard over the next two or three weeks,” Trump said in an address to the nation. “We’re going to take them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong. In the meantime, the discussions continue.” He also stated that Washington’s action against the Islamic Republic is “on the cusp” of ending what he described as the “evil threat” Tehran poses to the United States and the world.
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These statements come amid ongoing hostilities between the United States and Iran, with the conflict continuing for more than a month.US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also posted on X, repeating the “back to the Stone Age” observation.The Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mumbai responded and criticized US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for repeating Trump’s statements during his speech from the White House, where he stated that Iran would be hit so hard that it would return “to the Stone Age,” IRNA reported.
In a post on X, the Iranian consulate mocked Washington’s agenda behind its military action against the Islamic Republic, noting that its previous position was to make Iran “great again,” which it said has now changed radically.
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What impact could such statements have on US-Iranian relations?
They said Iran needed to be “great again.” Now suddenly the goalpost has become…the Stone Age? The funny thing is…civilizations that go back to empires like the Achaemenids don’t do it “again”. “They are,” the consulate said.The consulate also stated that the civilizations that arose since the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BC “are indeed great,” confirming Tehran’s rejection of what it described as aggressive rhetoric while highlighting Iran’s historical and cultural heritage that extends to one of the oldest empires in the world.