Iran is reportedly weighing an assault on U.S. military targets in Europe if the standoff with the Trump administration spirals into open conflict. According to insiders close to the Iranian regime, the country's forces have been assessing the feasibility of striking American assets in southeastern Europe, with the Bezmer air base in Bulgaria—recently cleared for use by U.S. refueling aircraft—among the potential targets.
The Financial Times reported Wednesday that Cyprus is also on the list, particularly a British air base that was hit by a drone back in March. The same sources indicated that Iranian forces have separately mulled attacking subsea fiber-optic cables in the Strait of Hormuz if things heat up further.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other military commanders have warned that in a full-scale conflict, Tehran could expand its attacks beyond U.S. military assets and infrastructure in the Middle East to targets farther afield. The regime is reportedly devising a plan to widen the conflict if President Donald Trump follows through on his previous threats to strike Iranian infrastructure. One insider stressed that Iran would impose "no limits" on its response to U.S. aggression, even extending its defense to Europe.
