Iran ready to respond to U.S. threat: Iran's chief negotiator

GENEVA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday warned the U.S. to "be careful with their statement" in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to strike Iran again over their support for Hezbollah.

Ghalibaf, who leads the Iranian negotiating team for Sunday's talks with the U.S. in central Switzerland's Buergenstock resort, wrote on X that if the U.S. threat had any effect, they wouldn't have reached the point of despair today.

"They had better be careful with their statements. Our armed forces are ready to respond in another way," said Ghalibaf.

Trump on Sunday threatened on his Truth Social platform to "hit Iran very hard again" if the country does not stop Hezbollah from "causing trouble." Enditem