Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf has warned that the Islamic Republic will not show self-restraint if a new war is waged against the country, vowing that any aggression would trigger a broader response across multiple fronts.

Speaking at a parliamentary session on Tuesday, Qalibaf said Iran’s Armed Forces had drawn up “appropriate plans” to deter adversaries and prevent miscalculations. He pointed to the Navy’s large-scale military exercises, codenamed Sustainable Power, as proof of Tehran’s readiness to send a “clear message” to hostile parties.

“In any potential renewed warfare, Iran will no longer exercise self-restraint,” he declared, stressing that any retaliation would extend beyond the battlefield into “other spheres and locations, including economic and political domains.”

Qalibaf praised what he described as the nation’s unified response to the Israeli-American assault in June, which was unprovoked and led to the martyrdom of Iranian senior commanders as well as nuclear scientists and many civilians. He said the strong cohesion between the people, the Armed Forces, and the country’s political leadership had thwarted enemy designs during the 12-day conflict.

“The people’s unwavering support for the military and national authorities dealt the greatest blow to the enemies’ plots to disintegrate Iran,” he said, describing the nation as a “90-million-strong solid core” that mounted a “Sacred Defense.” The phrase deliberately echoed the terminology used to describe Iran’s resistance during the eight-year war imposed by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the 1980s.

Qalibaf also highlighted the emphasis placed by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on maintaining unity after the conflict. He noted that the Leader had underscored the importance of cohesion not only among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, but also between the state and the Iranian people.