Ramping up rhetoric, Iran warns of an ‘eye for an eye’ response to US strikes

By AFP 22 July 2026, 10:13 pm

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein after their meeting at the foreign ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, June 28, 2026. (AP/ Hadi Mizban)

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran will respond in kind to any attack on its infrastructure, after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb a bridge or power plant for every ship targeted in the Strait of Hormuz.

“Our defense doctrine is clear: eye for an eye. Any aggression against Iran, including our infrastructure, will compel a powerful and decisive response,” Araghchi writes on X.

In addition, Iran’s state broadcaster quotes the military as saying that US threats “will have no result other than the expansion of the war.”