Senior Iranian MP after Beirut strike: ‘Rabid dog’ Israel must be controlled if deal is to be reached

People gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that struck what the IDF said was a Hezbollah command center in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that struck what the IDF said was a Hezbollah command center in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

A senior Iranian parliament member sends an apparent message to the United States after Israel carried out a strike targeting a Hezbollah command center in Beirut.

“If you seek an agreement or understanding, you must discipline the Zionist regime. If this rabid dog is not controlled, it will bite your leg before the ink is dry on the agreement,” Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for parliament’s foreign policy and national security committee, writes on X.

The Israel Defense Forces carried out the strike after three Hezbollah drones hit northern Israel today.

Tehran has said that any Israeli attack on Beirut would be a violation of the ceasefire with the US and elicit a response from Iran.

Last week Rezaei warned Israelis to “watch the sky,” hours before the Islamic Republic fired missiles at Israel in response to strikes in Beirut.

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