{"id":"1794075190943-news-segment","slug":"iran-security-chief-warns-us-of-devastating-response","title":"Iran security chief warns US of devastating response","summary":"A gunman opened fire in Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday afternoon, killing four women and two men and wounding at least 15 people. The suspect, a 24-year-old Polish citizen, drove into the square and shot at random. Police shot and arrested him. Two police officers were wounded, one critically and requiring surgery. Officials said the suspect wore military-style attire and used military weapons.\n\nA motive has not been established. Police described the attack as random and have not linked it to a broader plot. The suspect is in custody and is the only known perpetrator.\n\nMohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, posted on X warning the US: “Start a war, and you'll face a devastating response,” and taunted US officials.\n\nAt least six people were killed and 15 wounded after a gunman opened fire in Krakow's Main Market Square. The suspect, a Polish citizen, was shot by police and taken into custody; a motive has not been established.","publishedAt":"2026-11-07T18:13:10.943Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, posted on X warning the US: “Start a war, and you'll face a devastating response,” and taunted US officials.\nSource: [dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2042853/start-a-war-and-youll-face-a-devastating-response-irans-security-chief-mohsen-rezaei-warns-us) NAMES: Mohsen Rezaei (https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2119120197051121875)\n\nTRUE: At least six people were killed and 15 wounded after a gunman opened fire in Krakow's Main Market Square. The suspect, a Polish citizen, was shot by police and taken into custody; a motive has not been established.\nSource: [apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/poland-shooting-krakow-market-dead-076b972f107df14a1f71e12a74d4d8e5) / [bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cq3dj1xv0 (https://x.com/AP/status/2119116296046444748)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, posted on X warning the US: “Start a war, and you'll face a devastating response,” and taunted US officials.","sourceName":"[dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2042853/start-a-war-and-youll-face-a-devastating-response-irans-security-chief-mohsen-rezaei-warns-us) NAMES: Mohsen Rezaei","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2119120197051121875","claim":"Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei has issued a stark warning apparently aimed at the US government, saying in a social media post: “Start a war, and you’ll face a devastating response.” 🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/v16bn0ExKb https://t.co/qROD9Wq7xC","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"At least six people were killed and 15 wounded after a gunman opened fire in Krakow's Main Market Square. The suspect, a Polish citizen, was shot by police and taken into custody; a motive has not been established.","sourceName":"[apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/poland-shooting-krakow-market-dead-076b972f107df14a1f71e12a74d4d8e5) / [bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cq3dj1xv0","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AP/status/2119116296046444748","claim":"At least six people are dead and 15 wounded after a gunman opened fire in a busy market square in Krakow, Poland, authorities say. https://t.co/3n5Bm5vf7r","author":"The Associated Press (@AP)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2119120197051121875","name":"[dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2042853/start-a-war-and-youll-face-a-devastating-response-irans-security-chief-mohsen-rezaei-warns-us) NAMES: Mohsen Rezaei","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"},{"url":"https://x.com/AP/status/2119116296046444748","name":"[apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/poland-shooting-krakow-market-dead-076b972f107df14a1f71e12a74d4d8e5) / [bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cq3dj1xv0","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"The Associated Press (@AP)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794075190943-news-segment-iran-security-chief-warns-us-of-devastating-response","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794075190943-news-segment-iran-security-chief-warns-us-of-devastating-response","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794075190943-news-segment-iran-security-chief-warns-us-of-devastating-response and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"Iran's security chief just posted the kind of warning that used to stay in private cables."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Mohsen Rezaei?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"The same. Al Jazeera English posted on X the exact line:"},{"host":"Bella","text":"'Start a war, and you'll face a devastating response.' Aimed straight at Washington."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So the regime's security boss found his loudest voice. What else is new?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's not just social media noise. Rezaei runs Iran's Supreme National Security Council."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Which means he knows exactly how that lands. It's still cheap talk until it isn't."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Cheap talk? This is the country that spent years hitting US partners through proxies and exchanging direct fire."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And they've taken hits back. That's my point: this is escalation theater for a domestic audience."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No, no— you don't call it theater after a year of direct exchanges. The threat is the point."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The threat is a wall they hide behind while their economy bleeds. They need a foreign enemy."},{"host":"Bella","text":"They don't need to invent one. Washington already treats them as the main threat in the region."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That doesn't mean the response should be to take every Tweet literally."},{"host":"Bella","text":"You don't have to take it literally. You have to take it seriously."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fine. Serious, not literally. But I still say the louder the threat, the weaker their hand."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Maybe. Weak regimes are also the ones that miscalculate."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Speaking of the Middle East and why America's even there— one X account called Insurrection Barbie is picking a fight."},{"host":"Bella","text":"What's the fight?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"She posted that the line 'America is only there because of Israel' is 'historically illiterate.'"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Her point: the US interest in the region goes back to FDR, before Israel existed."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That part is true. Oil, shipping lanes, checking the Soviets — that all predates 1948."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly. So treating Israel as the original reason erases decades of policy."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But it's not the whole picture. Since 1948, Israel has shaped US choices in ways Roosevelt never faced."},{"host":"Brian","text":"You're making her point. Shaped is not 'because of.' The region wasn't empty before Israel."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No one's saying it was empty. But leave Israel out of today's US posture and you're not serious either."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Maybe. But the post attacks the line that Israel is the original sin of American involvement. That line IS revision."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I'd call it oversimplified, not revisionist. FDR's interest in Saudi oil isn't why a carrier sits off Lebanon today."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That carrier is there for lots of reasons, some older than Israel."},{"host":"Bella","text":"This is the kind of post that turns a real history argument into a loyalty test."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Sometimes a loyalty test is just being told to know the history."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I'll give the post credit — it starts a better argument than the usual."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's all I ask."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Different corner of the same map: Russian diesel may be testing that October truce."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The deal Trump and Putin worked out?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"Al Jazeera English posted on X that at least three tankers carrying Russian diesel to the US changed course."},{"host":"Brian","text":"If that holds, the deal's already wobbling."},{"host":"Bella","text":"One report, no independent confirmation yet. But the claim says traders don't want to touch Russian fuel even when Washington says they can."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the real story. Sanctions relief on paper doesn't matter if banks and insurers still fear getting burned."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Exactly. The market enforces what the politicians won't."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And Moscow would feel it. If buyers are steering clear, there's no revenue boost."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Which would make the agreement more theatre than substance."},{"host":"Brian","text":"A pattern today."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And if the tankers aren't just rerouted but turned back, the price signal gets worse."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It also hands Moscow a propaganda win: the deal didn't deliver, blame Washington."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the trap. You can't force private companies to buy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No, but you can watch the deal die quietly while both sides claim victory."}]}