Amid stalled US-Iran talks in Switzerland, Trump warned Tehran of being hit "very hard" over its Lebanon proxies, while Iran's Parliament Speaker MB Ghalibaf dismissed the threat as a sign of US "desperation." Following Trump's remarks, Ghalibaf, who is also the chief negotiator from the Iranian side, in a post on X said that Iran would not be intimidated by such threats from Washington and asserted that the country's armed forces were prepared to respond if necessary.

"If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again," he added.

US President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran "harder" if it continued backing groups that, according to Washington, are destabilising Lebanon, prompting a sharp response…