US military planners have drawn up options for a ground operation in Iran, and US President Donald Trump has not ruled it out, a prospect that has opened a sharp and deeply personal debate inside the country about whether foreign boots on Iranian soil would be a liberation or a catastrophe.
Iranian army spokesperson Brigadier General Mohammad Akrami-Nia warned recently that any US entry onto Iranian territory would trigger a military response. "If the Americans set foot on one of our islands, we will definitely target them on our own soil," he said.
