Iranian parliament speaker threatens US with harsh response for aggression

Brief retelling from RIA II

Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said that the time for “proportionate responses” has come to an end and any aggression against Iran’s interests will receive a speedier, more powerful and more painful response.

US forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers.

Iranian forces struck three US-affiliated oil tankers, and the IRGC later launched ballistic missile attacks on a US aircraft carrier and destroyer.

TEHRAN, September 6 - RIA Novosti. The time for proportionate responses has come to an end, the United States must understand that any aggression against the interests of Iran will receive a speedy, more powerful and more painful response, said the speaker of the parliament of the Islamic Republic and the head of the Iranian negotiating group in dialogue with the States, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf.

“The Americans clearly understood that the time for “proportionate responses” has come to an end, that our strikes on the aggressor’s bases during the latest operations were just the beginning. If they have not yet understood today, they must understand before it is too late that the rules of the game have changed and now any aggression against the interests and security of Iran will receive a “sooner, more powerful and more painful” response,” the official Telegram channel of the speaker of parliament quotes Ghalibaf as saying.

Earlier, the Pentagon's central command reported that US forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers off Khark Island, in the Jaska area and in the Gulf of Oman. In response, Iranian forces struck three US-affiliated oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, and Reuters later reported that the IRGC launched ballistic missile attacks on a US aircraft carrier and a destroyer.