Any obstruction to Iran’s energy exports would have consequences for the entire region, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday, as the IRGC launched a public attack on US President Donald Trump and said it was preparing new weapons for the battlefield.
“If Iran cannot sell its oil, no one in the region will sell oil, and if our security is not guaranteed, no infrastructure will be safe,” Ghalibaf said in an online parliamentary session, cautioning Washington against “miscalculations”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Iranian people must never be frightened by blockade and threats. If the American enemy’s decision-making machine fails to grasp this fundamental reality, it will remain trapped in a cycle of receiving heavy blows from the Iranian nation,” Ghalibaf said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi, speaking at a press conference with foreign media on Tuesday, called Trump “a big liar” and said US forces must leave the Middle East and that Tehran was continuously producing new weapons.
“We are constantly designing new weapons, upgrading existing ones and mass-producing armaments to defend ourselves,” Mohebi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“If the confrontations take on a different shape, we will certainly bring new weapons into the field.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ebrahim Azizi, head of parliament’s National Security Committee, has separately said Iran is fully prepared for a conflict more intense than what he described as the “40-day war”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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