TEHRAN, MAY 12: Iran’s parliament speaker said his country’s military stood ready to “teach a lesson” to any aggressor on Monday, after US President Donald Trump warned the ceasefire in the Middle East was hanging by a thread.
“Our armed forces are ready to respond and to teach a lesson for any aggression,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on X. “A bad strategy and bad decisions always lead to bad results — the world already understands this.”
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President Donald Trump said on Monday that the ceasefire with Iran was “on life support,” after dismissing Tehran’s response to a US peace proposal as “stupid.”
Trump’s swift rejection of Iran’s response on Sunday has fueled concerns that the 10-week-old conflict will drag on and continue to paralyze shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
The US president was also expected to hold a high-level meeting with his national security team later Monday to discuss potential attack options following a weekslong ceasefire, which has seen attacks between the US and Iran halted for the most part.
