The warning came in response to Donald Trump’s threats to strike 52 Iranian targets. Iranian Labour News Agency claimed Iranian MP Abolfazl Abutorabi made the threats during an open session of parliament on Sunday. He said: “We can attack the White House itself, we can respond to them on the American soil.
“We have the power, and God willing we will respond in an appropriate time.”
Mr Abutorabi added: “This is a declaration of war, which means if you hesitate you lose.
“When someone declares war do you want to respond to the bullets with flowers? They will shoot you in the head.”
The open session in Tehran on Sunday cam just days after Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike at Baghdad airport.
General Soleimani was considered the architect of Tehran’s overseas clandestine and military operations as head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force
His body was flown to the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran on Sunday following massive funeral marches in Iraq.
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