Iran warns of 'unimaginable' retaliation against any attack Iran will respond to any attack on its territorial integrity with force "beyond the imagination of the enemy", warned the Speaker of the Parliament, Mohammad Bakr Ghalib, on Sunday. In a speech to parliament, Ghalibaf said that threats of all-out war or assassination would not force Iran to give up its rights or national interests. He accused Washington of trapping itself in the crisis through its own miscalculations and military aggression, insisting that the US must take concrete steps to correct its behavior before its promises can be trusted. Ghalibaf also emphasized that modern Iran is no longer the US-backed monarchy of the past, but an independent regional power whose future cannot be dictated by foreign governments.