India, April 30 -- Iran has issued a fresh warning about deploying a new weapon that it claims its adversaries are "deeply afraid of" as the war with US drags on, with no breakthrough in the diplomatic peace efforts. The warning was delivered by Iran's Navy Commander, Shahram Irani, who said the Islamic Republic would "very soon" confront its enemies with a capability located "right next to them". Without revealing details, he added in a pointed remark: "I hope they won't have a heart attack."

His comments come at a time of heightened military rhetoric and continued hostilities in West Asia, with both US and Iran showing little willingness to compromise on key sticking points, particularly over Iran's nuclear programme and control of cri...