Iranian leaders warn US after Trump “Stone Age” threat

On 2026-04-02, Iranian leaders including Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and IRGC Aerospace Force commander Majid Mousavi publicly denounced the United States after President Donald Trump threatened to bring Iran 'back to the stone ages' in a White House speech. The Iranian responses warned the US that Iran would resist and that American forces would face danger. The cluster is coded as a verbal denunciation of the US rather than a military event because it centers on public warnings and rhetoric.