The president of the Iranian Parliament, Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf, has condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes against Beirut, carried out, according to him, "with the approval" of the United States, and has warned that Tehran is considering responding with offensives against American military installations in the region.
"They neither comply with the ceasefire nor believe in dialogue. The naval blockade and the breach of agreements on Lebanon show that they only understand the language of force," Qalibaf stated in a message published on social media.
The Iranian leader, a key figure in Tehran's negotiations, has stressed that the "blockade" imposed by Washington and "today's approval by the United States of the Zionist regime make the United States and the regime's bases and assets in the region legitimate targets." "The hand of our Armed Forces is ready, as always," he warned.
Hours earlier, the spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament, Ebrahim Rezaei, had promised "a forceful and painful response" to the Israeli bombing in Beirut. "These rabid dogs must be disciplined and put in their place," Rezaei declared. "Look at the sky of the occupied territories tonight," he warned, referring to historical Palestine.
The Israeli Army attacked Dahiye this Sunday, in the southern neighborhoods of Beirut considered a bastion of the Lebanese Shiite party-militia Hezbollah, despite the explicit agreement reached last Wednesday between the governments of Lebanon and Israel to avoid these types of operations. The Israeli government maintains that the bombing is a response to an offensive launched this very morning by Hezbollah against Israeli territory.