Tehran, March 28 -- Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf on Saturday said the country's response to Israel's military action would "accelerate" the collapse of its defence forces, referring to remarks by the Israeli military chief warning of internal strain within the army.

In a post on X, Ghalibaf accused Israel of attempting to deflect attention from internal military weaknesses and restore confidence within its government and armed forces by escalating tensions with Tehran.

He argued that Israeli strikes on Iran's industrial infrastructure are meant to distract from the army's troubles and bolster morale in Tel Aviv, but he insisted that such provocations would instead hasten the "ongoing collapse".

Ghalibaf further por...