Iran lawmaker warns Trump: ‘Strike once and we will keep hitting back’


Iran’s parliament vice speaker warned US President Donald Trump that any attack on Iran would be met with sustained retaliation, saying there would be no limited war, state media reported.
“Strike once and we will keep hitting back until we end them,” Hamid Reza Haji-Babaei said at a public event in the western city of Hamedan. “We have no limited war.”
Referring to the US military buildup in the region, he said American naval power would not deter Iran. “An aircraft carrier cannot stand against a Basij fighter in a small boat,” he said.
Haji-Babaei said Iran was not seeking conflict and was trying to prevent war, but warned that Tehran would respond broadly if attacked. “If this happens, wherever and whichever country supports America, we will strike there,” he said.
He also described current conditions as an “economic war,” calling for unity at home as tensions with Washington rise.