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West Asia conflict LIVE updates: Iran's response to U.S. attacks will be 'more painful', parliament speaker says

Also read: Iran attacks U.S. targets despite Trump threats“From ⁠now on, any attack ‌against Iran’s interests and security will receive a faster, ‌heavier and more painful response,” he said ⁠in a speech ⁠published on his ‌Telegram channel. The U.S. and Iran resumed attacks last week, following a month of relative calm, with the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian communities along it again being targeted. At least five people were killed earlier in the week during a U.S. bombardment of southern Iran. Iran has found ways over the years to circumvent sanctions, and now the U.S. blockade, and get its oil to buyers to help ease growing economic pressures. (With inputs from wires)Follow live updates here:

The U.S. should ‌understand that the rules of ⁠the game in war against ‌Iran have changed “before ‌it is ‌too ⁠late”, ⁠Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on ‌Sunday (September 6, 2026), a day after the U.S. ‌struck several Iranian tankers in the Gulf.

Also read: Iran attacks U.S. targets despite Trump threats

“From ⁠now on, any attack ‌against Iran’s interests and security will receive a faster, ‌heavier and more painful response,” he said ⁠in a speech ⁠published on his ‌Telegram channel.

The U.S. and Iran resumed attacks last week, following a month of relative calm, with the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian communities along it again being targeted. At least five people were killed earlier in the week during a U.S. bombardment of southern Iran.

Iran has found ways over the years to circumvent sanctions, and now the U.S. blockade, and get its oil to buyers to help ease growing economic pressures. That relies in part on a shadow fleet transporting its oil.

Meanwhile, Iran’s nuclear program, the issue that contributed to the outbreak of the war, was meant to be addressed in negotiations that fell apart soon after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in mid-June.

(With inputs from wires)

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