Iran’s top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbia, has warned that the country will target Israeli and US banks in the Middle East in response to an attack on an Iranian bank. According to Iran’s state news agency IRNA, spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari cautioned civilians to stay at least one kilometer away from banks in the region, saying that enemies had given Iran the freedom to strike American and Israeli financial centers.

Iranian state media reported that a building of the state-owned Sepah Bank in Tehran was hit in an attack. On Tuesday, Iranian outlets said services at Sepah Bank and another state-owned bank, Melli, were partially disrupted. BBC Arabic, citing Iran’s Khabar channel, reported that several bank employees were killed in an airstrike while working a special shift to prepare salary distributions.

The developments come amid heightened regional tensions, with Iran signaling readiness to retaliate against perceived economic and military threats in the region.