PANews reported on March 27 that, according to Jinshi, the Iranian military warned that hotels housing US troops in various parts of the region would become targets of attack. "When all the US troops are in a hotel, from our perspective, that hotel becomes an American hotel," said Iranian Armed Forces spokesman Shekachi. "Are we just going to stand by and let the Americans attack us? If we really want to retaliate, we should naturally retaliate where they are." On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi accused US soldiers of using civilians as "human shields" in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.