Iran warns US to 'be careful' after Trump threat

<article data-history-node-id="442818" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-warns-us-be-careful-after-trump-threat" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-warns-us-be-careful-after-trump-threat" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran warns US to 'be careful' after Trump threat</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday warned the United States against making threats at the Islamic republic, vowing that "our armed forces are ready to respond".</p> <p>"Don't they think that if their threats had any effect, they would not have reached today's state of desperation? We do not take American threats into account," said Ghalibaf, after President Donald Trump threatened to strike&nbsp;Iran&nbsp;over its support for Hezbollah.</p> <p>"They would do better to be careful with their statements; our armed forces are ready to respond to them in a different manner. No matter what they say, we are the ones who act."</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Speaker of the Parliament of Iran, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (R) arrives at the Burgenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne on 21 June 2026. (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c38d9fb4-3e77-431e-a494-9cd2187e71bc" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Speaker%20of%20the%20Parliament%20of%20Iran%2C%20Mohammad%20Bagher%20Ghalibaf%20%28R%29%20arrives%20at%20the%20Burgenstock%20resort%20in%20Obbuergen%2C%20near%20Lucerne%20on%20June%2021%2C%202026.afp_.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Speaker of the Parliament of Iran, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (R) arrives at the Burgenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne on 21 June 2026. (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Speaker of the Parliament of Iran, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (R) arrives at the Burgenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne on 21 June 2026. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>