TEHRAN — Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Command issued a stark warning to the United States and regional countries, vowing that any “miscalculation” against the Islamic Republic would make them the target of “painful and sustained” attacks.
The warning came in a statement that Iranian media linked directly to a secret meeting of senior military commanders from the U.S., Israel and seven Arab states that was held in Germany last week, as first revealed by Axios.
According to the Axios report, the closed-door meeting was convened by CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper and included the chiefs of staff of Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt. It was the first gathering of its kind since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began more than six months ago.
CENTCOM confirmed to Axios that it had hosted senior military leaders from eight regimes during a scheduled conference in Germany, where they discussed “opportunities to enhance security cooperation in the Middle East.” The command provided no further details, and no participating country has officially acknowledged the meeting.
Iranian sources close to the military establishment identified the venue as a remote ski resort in Germany. According to Axios, Cooper assured the assembled commanders that the U.S. would not withdraw its forces from the region despite Iranian strikes on American bases, and briefed them on a plan to expand shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Israeli chief of staff Eyal Zamir reportedly delivered a briefing on Israeli operations across multiple fronts. The meeting also provided a rare opportunity for Israeli and Arab military chiefs to exchange views directly, including with representatives of states that maintain no diplomatic relations with the Zionist regime.
The Khatam al-Anbiya statement said the U.S. has decided “with the green light of some regional countries” to resume actions against Iran at a joint meeting in a European country.
“Based on received intelligence, criminal America, seeking to cover its defeats and achieve false gains in a war that was started on the basis of lies and Zionist staging, has once again decided to resume actions against Islamic Iran,” the statement read.
“We warn that if America commits any error against Islamic Iran, all of its bases and interests in the region will be targeted by continuous, effective and painful attacks, without any limitation or consideration,” the command stated.
It further warned regional countries that if they align with “the great Satan’s aggression” against Iran, they will all be “considered partners in this evil” and can no longer expect restraint from Iran’s armed forces.
The warning is rooted in the reality of U.S. military infrastructure across the Persian Gulf. The United States operates 19 military bases and facilities throughout West Asia, including major air bases in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.
Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar — home to CENTCOM’s Forward Headquarters and some 10,000 troops — served as a central hub for U.S. aggression against Iran.
Iran has demonstrated it will strike those bases directly. On June 23, 2025, Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Al Udeid in response to U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities.
Iran insisted the attack targeted U.S. forces, not Qatar, but the incident exposed the vulnerability of Persian Gulf states hosting American troops.
The leaked CENTCOM documents revealed that Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt and Jordan had quietly expanded military cooperation with Israel under a U.S.-orchestrated “Regional Security Construct,” including joint exercises focused on “countering Iranian missiles”.
In January 2026, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman privately urged U.S. officials to strike Iran hard, warning that restraint would only “embolden” Tehran. UAE officials pushed further, discussing regime change and the seizure of Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
The Khatam al-Anbiya warning is not merely rhetorical. Iran has already demonstrated the capacity and the will to pummel the aggressors’ military infrastructure across the region, leaving key U.S. bases degraded or out of service for years to come.
According to an analysis by The New York Times, at least 17 U.S. sites and installations have been destroyed since the war began, based on high-resolution commercial satellite imagery, verified social media videos and statements by U.S. officials. At least 11 American military bases or installations have been damaged — nearly half of all such sites in the region.
On February 28, the first day of the conflict, Iran targeted several U.S. military facilities, including Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia; Ali Al Salem Air Base and Camp Buehring in Kuwait; and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Satellite images show extensive damage to buildings and communication infrastructure at several locations. At Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, imagery confirmed damage to over a dozen structures, aircraft shelters, and areas near runways. 
At Camp Arifjan, a key U.S. logistical hub in Kuwait, at least six satellite communication radomes were destroyed, likely impacting U.S. Central Command networks.
On March 1, an Iranian drone struck a structure housing military personnel at the Shuaiba port in Kuwait, killing six American service members. An additional U.S. service member was killed in a separate Iranian strike on March 1 at a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia, bringing the toll to seven.
At the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, the single strike on February 28 caused approximately $200 million in damage, according to a Pentagon assessment provided to Congress. Satellite imagery indicated that two satellite communications terminals were destroyed, and several large buildings were either heavily damaged or leveled.
In Jordan, an Iranian strike destroyed a $300 million AN/TPY-2 radar system, a key component of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. 
Munitions specialist N.R. Jenzen Jones noted that the loss of even a single AN/TPY-2 radar would significantly impact combat operations, and a replacement unit would likely need to be redeployed.