An Iranian official warned that the Islamic Republic will deliver a "hard slap" while another blatantly threatened the U.S.that "if you strike, you'll get hit," according to automatic translations from the two men's Persian-language posts on X.Ebrahim Rezaei, whose profile on the social media platform indicates that he is a representative in Iran's Parliament and the spokesperson for the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, wrote in a post on X, "The martyred Khamenei taught us not to fear America and showed that 'falsehood will perish.' Await the hard slap from the Iranians."The speaker of Iran's Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, warned, "America still hasn’t learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free.
Let me put it plainly: if you strike, you’ll get hit.Don’t flail around pointlessly, or you’ll sink even deeper: the Strait of Hormuz will only open with 'Iranian arrangements,' not American threats."Both of the men issued their posts on Wednesday after U.S.
Central Command (CENTCOM) announced more strikes against Iran."At the direction of the Commander in Chief, U.S.Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against commercial shipping and civilian crews freely navigating a vital international waterway," CENTCOM had noted in a post on X.TRUMP SAYS IRAN CEASEFIRE DEAL IS 'OVER' AFTER NEW ROUND OF STRIKESPeople gather at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla for a farewell ceremony for Iran's late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 4, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.(Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)The U.S.
military later provided more information about the attacks."U.S.Central Command (CENTCOM) forces completed an additional round of strikes against Iran, July 8, to further degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping and innoc...