Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Qalibaf, who also heads Tehran's nuclear negotiation team, dismissed President Donald Trump's threats to strike Iran if Hezbollah does not stop attacks against Israel. Writing in response to Trump's ultimatum, Qalibaf said Iran does not take US threats seriously and argued that if the threats had any effect, Washington would not be in its current 'desperate' position.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Qalibaf, who also serves as Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator, issued a dismissive response Sunday to President Donald Trump's threat of US strikes on Iran if Hezbollah continues to attack Israel. Qalibaf wrote: "We do not take American threats seriously, and if their threats had any consequence, they would not have reached the desperate situation they are in today."
The statement adds to a mounting bilateral war of words. Over the past two weeks, as The Zioneer has reported, Trump has repeatedly warned Iran — by social media posts and through allies like Senator Lindsey Graham — that Washington will hold Tehran directly accountable for Hezbollah's actions on Israel's northern border. Graham stated on Sunday that Trump has a new policy: "if Hezbollah attacks Israel, the United States will respond in Iran."
Qalibaf's remarks mirror earlier dismissive responses from other Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, who called Trump's threats "a sign of desperation" on June 10, and National Security Committee Chairman Ebrahim Azizi, who called them "illusions."
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