People watch a smoke rise from an Israeli airstrike that hit a house in Arab Salim village, southern Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.
\n\nIran's Parliament speaker and top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, on Sunday threatened to launch swifter and more forceful responses to US attacks, after an exchange of fire in which Tehran targeted American warships and the US attacked Iranian tankers. Attacks in West Asia resumed last week after roughly a month of relative calm.
\n\n"The Americans must have understood that the era of proportionate responses has come to an end," said Ghalibaf in a speech carried by state media, adding that "any aggression against Iran's interests and security will receive a faster, more intense and more painful response".
\n\nThe remarks come after Tehran on Sunday said it struck an unmanned US military boat in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran said the vessel was trying to enter a restricted area in the Strait of Hormuz.
\n\nThe US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees the US military operations in the Middle East, denied Iran's claim to have struck an unmanned military vessel. "The report came from Iranian state media and it's a total lie," said Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for…
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