The head of Iran’s parliament said on Saturday that Tehran is ready for a military confrontation with the United States if proposed peace talks fall through.
The speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, told state-run media outlet PressTV that “it is not the case that we think just because we are negotiating, the armed forces are not ready,” adding that “just as the people are in the streets, our armed forces are also ready.”
Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said on social media Saturday that it would reassert control over the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway in which about a fifth of the world’s oil travels. The United States has maintained a naval blockade of Iran’s ports since last week….