Iranian Militant Leader Warns U.S.: “You Won’t Just Lose Soldiers, You’ll Lose Your Water and Your Land”

In a chilling new video circulating on encrypted social media platforms, the elusive Iranian militant commander Hamid Reza Al-Karim, leader of the insurgent group Fury of the Desert, issued a grave threat to American leadership, accusing the United States of weaponizing water politics in the Middle East and vowing retaliation in kind.

“America, you have stolen oil, you have stirred wars, and now you deny us water,” Al-Karim said, seated in front of a dry riverbed once connected to Iraq’s Tigris basin. “You think land belongs to those who build walls, but soon you will understand when your own rivers dry that water is what owns the land. Lose the water, lose the land.”

The video, analyzed by U.S. intelligence officials and first published by a pro-Hezbollah Telegram channel, is believed to be authentic. The group, Fury of the Desert, has claimed responsibility for past attacks on oil and water pipeline infrastructure in Iraq and western Iran. Although not officially designated as a terror group by the U.S., its close ties with elements in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have raised alarms.

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This new threat comes amid a wave of droughts across the globe, including parts of the American Midwest and Southwest. Climatologists have warned that prolonged water stress may pose greater threats to national security than traditional warfare.

In his message, Al-Karim also condemned recent U.S. military exercises in the Persian Gulf, calling them “arrogant displays of force while your own farms crack under the sun.” He ended the video with a cryptic declaration:

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“We are not coming for your cities. We are coming for the taps. The canals. The hidden veins that keep your empire alive.”

U.S. National Security Advisor Laura Henderson responded cautiously to the message, saying the government takes all infrastructure threats seriously and is “working with both domestic and international partners to protect water systems.”

Experts say the rhetoric reflects a dangerous new era where climate threats are being fused with insurgent ideology.

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“Water terrorism is no longer a fringe theory,” said Dr. Arjun Patel, a global security analyst at the Institute for Environmental Conflict. “When non-state actors start targeting lifelines like dams and pipelines, the consequences ripple far beyond a single nation.”

As climate change reshapes the geopolitical landscape, the warning from Iran’s militant underground is being seen not just as a threat but a harbinger of the wars to come.