An IRGC spokesman said Iran now has strong counterstrike and deterrent capabilities and would retaliate by striking 20 enemy targets if an adversary attacked two to three Iranian targets.

He listed conditions to end the confrontation: a complete halt to military operations and abandonment of further threats; withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon; lifting the blockade on Yemen; unfreezing $24.4bn of Iranian assets; and cessation of interference with Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.