Fida Hossein Maleki, June 10 -- The warning came not from a general, not from a diplomat, but from a lawmaker seated on the body that is supposed to oversee them both.

and that Washington would do well to grasp the distinction between sporadic strikes and a country that has decided it will not absorb them without consequence.

"The United States itself has sporadically resorted to conducting operations, which Iran has responded to so far," Maleki said. "They should understand that Iran is serious about this issue."

The remarks arrived hours after the U.S. Central Command announced it had completed what it called "self-defense strikes" against Iranian air defense facilities, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the ...