Iranian officials issue warning after new US strikes

Iranian officials threatened retaliation after the United States carried out a fresh round of strikes on Iran on Wednesday, according to translated posts on X. Ebrahim Rezaei, a member of Iran's parliament and spokesperson for a national security commission, said the country would deliver a "hard slap" in response. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf also warned that if the U.S. strikes again, Iran will respond and that control over the Strait of Hormuz would remain under Iranian terms. The comments came after U.S. Central Command said its forces had hit about 90 Iranian military targets, including air defenses, coastal surveillance equipment, missile and drone storage sites, naval assets, and logistics infrastructure. CENTCOM said the operation was aimed at limiting Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian crews in the Strait of Hormuz. The report also noted that Kuwait and Bahrain said they intercepted hostile aerial attacks amid the wider tensions.