Tehran, July 31 -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Thursday (local time) strongly condemned a reported strike on residential areas on Qeshm Island, labelling it a terrorist attack and accusing the United States of deliberately targeting civilians.

In a post on X, Ghalibaf asserted that the incident follows a pattern of similar atrocities in Minab and Lamerd. Slamming US for "spilling the blood of the innocent," the diplomat vowed stern retaliation from Iran.

"The United States soils its hands with a new crime every day; the terrorist attack on the residential homes of civilians on Qeshm Island is a continuation of the atrocities in Minab and Lamerd. Americans have grown accustomed to making up for the slaps they r...