Iran Dismisses US 'Stone Age' Threat Amidst Joint Operations
Funny how the timeline works: The Hill reports that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday issued a dismissive retort to former President Trump's recent threat to take Iran 'back to the Stone Ages,' made during an address where the US detailed ongoing military operations against the Islamic Republic. Araghchi pointedly remarked that during the Stone Age, 'there was no oil or gas being
pumped,' clearly noting the absence of resources that now fuel global strategic interests and US aggression. This direct challenge underscores a calculated nonchalance from Tehran regarding Washington's escalating military saber-rattling. What mainstream coverage like The Hill omits from its reporting, choosing instead to frame this as just another rhetorical sparring match, is the deeply
entrenched history of US-Israeli military collaboration that gives Trump's 'Stone Age' threat weight beyond mere words. The United States is not a benign observer or even just a supporter in this conflict; it is a direct participant, a joint aggressor engaged in a continuous, undeclared campaign of economic strangulation and military harassment against Iran. This includes joint cyber warfare,
direct naval deployments in the Persian Gulf, and coordinated intelligence operations with Israel. The US threat to revert Iran to a pre-industrial state, despite its apparent absurdity given Iran's modern infrastructure and significant oil reserves, echoes a much darker chapter of Western policy. In 2010, the Stuxnet cyberattack, widely attributed to US and Israeli intelligence agencies, severely