Iran sharply escalated its warnings on Sunday after Israeli forces struck Beirut's southern suburbs for the first time since a US-brokered truce was announced just days earlier. Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf posted a stark message on X, declaring that the US naval blockade and what he described as Washington's green light to Israel had turned American and Israeli bases and assets across the region into, in his words, 'legitimate targets.'
'They are neither committed to a ceasefire nor believe in dialogue, and through the naval blockade and violation of agreements regarding Lebanon they showed that they only understand the language of power,' Ghalibaf wrote on X, adding that 'the hand of our armed forces is open, as always.' The statement marked one of Tehran's most direct threats since the broader conflict began, and came as the region's fragile diplomatic architecture showed fresh signs of collapse.
