Iran’s fierce response will accelerate collapse of Israeli army: Speaker

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf says the country’s extensive and devastating response to the Israeli regime’s ongoing aggression will accelerate the collapse of the regime’s military.

In a post on his X account on Saturday, Qalibaf cited a recent statement from Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir who reportedly warned two days earlier that the “IDF is going to collapse in on itself” because of an acute manpower shortage.

That comes as the Israeli regime has been overwhelmed by massive barrages of missile and drone attacks from Iran, Lebanon and most recently Yemen, in response to its joint aggression with the US against Iran which began in late February.

The Israeli army has also been called to fight in the occupied West Bank where increasing settler and military violence against Palestinians has triggered renewed clashes in the territory.

In his post, Qalibaf mentioned Zamir’s remarks made in the presence of the Israeli regime’s cabinet ministers which said, “I’m raising 10 red flags…the IDF will collapse”, insisting that Israel’s decision on Friday to attack two Iranian steel mills will fail to boost its declining morale.

“By escalating tensions and attacking Iran’s industrial infrastructure, the criminal Zionist regime is attempting to ignore these warnings and restore the confidence of its corrupt cabinet and army,” Qalibaf said.

“Instead, Iran’s fierce response will accelerate this ongoing collapse.”

Iran has said from the very beginning of the US-Israeli aggression that it has an eye-for-eye policy to deal with attacks on its economic and energy infrastructure.

Iranian authorities said on Friday after attacks on the two steel mills and one associated electricity station that they would consider major steel factories in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as Arab countries in the Persian Gulf, where the US has stakes, as legitimate targets.