Iran Warns of 'Memorable Lesson' After Trump Rejects Peace Proposal

(MENAFN) Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf issued a stark military warning Monday, vowing retaliation against any act of aggression against Tehran — hours after US President Donald Trump declared Iran's latest peace overture dead on arrival.

"Our armed forces are ready to give a memorable lesson to any aggression," Qalibaf wrote in a post on X, the American social media platform.

He followed the threat with a pointed rebuke of Washington's approach to negotiations: "Wrong strategies and wrong decisions always produce wrong results. The whole world has already understood this."

Qalibaf further signaled that Tehran was bracing for escalation across all fronts, cautioning that adversaries "will be surprised," and that Iran stood ready for "all options."

In a second post on X, the parliament speaker rejected any outcome that fell short of recognizing the rights outlined in Iran's 14-point proposal, warning that time was not on Washington's side.

"Any other approach will be completely inconclusive; nothing but one failure after another," he wrote, before directing his warning toward the American public: "The longer they drag their feet, the more American taxpayers will pay for it."

On a separate front, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi launched a sharp attack against US-led diplomatic maneuvering at the UN Security Council, specifically targeting a proposed draft resolution concerning the Strait of Hormuz.

Writing on X, Gharibabadi accused Washington and several regional allies of attempting to advance the draft resolution with the deliberate intent of "distorting the reality" of what he characterized as military aggression and an unlawful blockade targeting Iran.

The deputy minister argued that freedom of navigation cannot be applied selectively or divorced from the framework of the UN Charter, insisting that any maritime security initiative that sidesteps "the use of force, naval blockade and continuous threats" would be fundamentally compromised.

Gharibabadi went further, asserting that any resolution addressing the Strait of Hormuz while failing to acknowledge what Tehran frames as unprovoked aggression — and Iran's "legitimate rights" to safeguard its security interests — would be "biased, political and doomed to fail."

The escalating rhetoric follows Trump's outright rejection of Iran's most recent response to a US-backed peace framework, which he dismissed as "totally unacceptable." Iranian officials and state media have indicated that Tehran's proposal centers on three core pillars: ending hostilities, lifting economic sanctions, and restoring navigational security in the Strait of Hormuz.

The current crisis was triggered on Feb. 28, when the US and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate against Israel and US allies across the Gulf, while simultaneously shutting down the Strait of Hormuz — one of the world's most critical maritime chokepoints.

A ceasefire brokered through Pakistani mediation came into effect on April 8, though subsequent talks in Islamabad collapsed without producing a durable agreement. Trump later extended the truce unilaterally, with no fixed expiration date set.

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