- Associated Press - Tuesday, July 7, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A top Iranian official warned the United States after it launched strikes Wednesday that “the era of bullying and extortion is over.”

Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the statement on X.

Qalibaf said that the U.S. campaign “leads nowhere.”



“We don’t fold,” he added.

Qalibaf’s statement came as Bahrain sounded missile alert warnings, signaling a possible Iranian retaliatory strike was on its way.

 

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