TEHRAN, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran will take "proportionate and immediate" responses if the United States begins attacks on Iran's infrastructure, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned Tuesday.
In a post on social media platform X, Ghalibaf said Iran will go by the rule of "an eye for an eye" without any exception.
"If they start the war of infrastructure, we will undoubtedly target infrastructure," he said.
Meanwhile, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said on X that the Strait of Hormuz "will either be a strait of peace and prosperity for all or will be a strait of defeat and suffering for warmongers."
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that the United States will hit Iran "20 times harder" if "Iran does anything that stops the flow of oil within the Strait of Hormuz."
"Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a nation, again," he said.
In similar remarks at a press conference in Florida, Trump said the U.S. military is leaving "some of the most important targets for later in case we need to do it."
On Feb. 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and several other Iranian cities, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders and civilians. Iran responded by launching waves of missile and drone strikes targeting Israeli and U.S. assets in the Middle East.
The conflict's broader regional repercussions raise concerns about disruptions to oil exports and global energy markets, primarily due to risks to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. ■
