Iran warns it will retaliate against the U.S. and Israel after the Beirut strike.

Iran warned that it would retaliate against the United States and Israel following a new strike on Beirut on Sunday, further undermining prospects for a lasting peace as the conflict in the Middle East entered its 100th day.

Attempts to transform a ceasefire into a comprehensive settlement have repeatedly stalled, while the war has disrupted global markets and intensified domestic pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the midterm elections.

Tehran maintains that any permanent resolution must also address the parallel conflict in Lebanon, where Israel is conducting operations against the Iran‑backed group Hezbollah.

On Sunday, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the army had “just struck a militant command centre in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district, in response to Hezbollah’s fire towards Israeli territory.”

The raid reportedly killed two people and wounded 20 more, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

While Israel and Hezbollah routinely exchange fire near the border, Beirut’s southern districts—seen as strongholds of the militant group—have been targeted only twice since mid‑April.

Israel had warned it would strike the area should Hezbollah attack northern Israel.

Hezbollah later confirmed it had launched missiles and drones that it said targeted a pair of Israeli army barracks on Sunday morning.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker and chief negotiator in talks with Washington, accused the United States of having given a “green light” for the Beirut attack.

He said that, together with the ongoing U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, “turns the bases and assets of America and the (Israeli) regime in the region into legitimate targets. Our armed forces, as always, are free to act.”

Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, also threatened “a decisive and painful response.”

“These rabid dogs must be disciplined… Look at the sky over the occupied lands tonight,” he said, referring to Israeli territory.

Iran’s insistence that the conflicts are linked has complicated negotiations for Washington. In a previously recorded interview aired Sunday, Trump called for Israel to adopt a “more surgical” approach in Lebanon.

• ‘Gone numb’ –

The threats of escalation on the war’s 100th day came as Iranians were already feeling the strain of weeks of uncertainty.

Fitness trainer Elaheh from Ahvaz told AFP: “I really have gone numb.”

“Daily life? It’s a joke. Everything is horrible. We only try to survive,” the 32‑year‑old added, pointing to rising prices.

Farhad, a 35‑year‑old chef, also said life was becoming “increasingly difficult”, noting economic hardship had set in even before the war.

“Things that just a few months ago you might have considered buying have now become dreams and fairy tales,” he told AFP.

There were some signs of ongoing diplomatic efforts over the weekend, with Pakistan’s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi visiting Tehran.

Naqvi said upon his arrival Saturday that he would deliver a “special letter” from Pakistan’s army chief to Iran’s supreme leader, as well as a message from the prime minister, according to Iranian state television.

Pakistani military leader Syed Asim Munir has played a key role in mediating between Iran and the U.S. following an initial round of direct negotiations in Islamabad.

Also on Saturday, Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal travelled to Pakistan for his own talks with Munir, and a source with knowledge of his visit said it was “linked to the Pakistani mediation” between Tehran and Washington.

• ‘Deadlock’ –

Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, told CNN that negotiations with the U.S. “are at a deadlock, and Trump must break this deadlock”, calling for the release of some $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

But Trump said in the same interview that he would not unfreeze Iranian assets before reaching an initial agreement with Tehran. “If they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking,” he said.

In fact, Washington may seek to use those funds to pay for damage wrought by Iranian strikes on Gulf allies, according to a source familiar with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s thinking.

Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said overnight that it destroyed two Iranian drones “that threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz”.

A previous drone interception and strikes on Iranian radar sites had prompted Tehran on Saturday to fire a salvo of missiles at U.S. allies Bahrain and Kuwait.

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