The president of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, and other authorities in the country responded this Sunday (5) to threats of destruction made by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who earlier said, amid profanity, that he will attack Iran’s infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not released by the night of Tuesday, 7.
“Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL (sic) for every family, and our entire region will burn because you insist on following the orders of Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel,” Qalibaf said on X.
Earlier, on his Truth Social network, Trump had threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges and added: “Open the straits, you crazy bastards, or you will live in Hell.” Qalibaf’s comment is a direct response.
“Make no mistake: you (Trump) will not gain anything through war crimes,” said the Iranian. “The only real solution is to respect the rights of the Iranian people and end this dangerous game,” he concluded.
Ali Akbar Velayati, former Foreign Minister and advisor to Iran’s supreme leader, warned that “the resistance front”, which brings together groups allied with Iran in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen, could target the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, in the Red Sea, through which around 12% of world trade passes, according to information from the Associated Press.
“If the White House thinks about repeating its stupid mistakes, it will quickly realize that the flow of energy (oil) and global trade can be stopped with a single signal,” he said.
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Still according to the APSeyyed Mohammad Mehdi Tabatabaei, spokesman for Iran’s presidency, said that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz can only occur if part of the revenues from ship traffic there is earmarked to compensate Iran for war damage.
And the commander of the Quds Force, an elite troop of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Esmail Qaani, declared that the United States and Israel, which have been attacking the Persian country for more than a month, should expect “new surprises”. He was referring to the rescue operation of an American pilot this Sunday, whose plane was shot down over Iranian territory this week, and which, according to the Iranians, resulted in the destruction of two US transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters, although the pilot was rescued.
According to the Iranian Press TVthe commander called the US and Israeli leadership “Elite Epstein”, in reference to the American Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019 while in prison accused of running a network of sexual exploitation of minors, and said that the US and Israel can expect more “surprises” in the region.
*Content translated with the help of Artificial Intelligence, reviewed and edited by the Broadcast Editorial Team, Grupo Estado’s real-time news system.
