Ghalibaf warns US that war with Iran would carry heavy costs

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has reiterated a warning to the United States about the costs of a war with Iran, saying that the belief such a conflict would benefit Washington was mistaken. In a post on his account on X, Ghalibaf shared an image inspired by American popular culture and argued that choosing war would bring at least ten negative consequences for the United States.

Among the potential consequences he cited were a stock market crash, downed fighter jets, rising government debt, higher inflation and an increase in the number of US military personnel killed. Ghalibaf said that choosing the path of war was not inevitable, but warned that if the United States made that choice, it would have to bear all the consequences.

He concluded his message by urging Americans to “break this artificial Matrix” and walk away from what he described as a bitter and fruitless course of action. The post did not provide further details on the specific scenarios behind the listed consequences.

The statement comes amid ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington. Ghalibaf, who heads Iran's legislature, has previously issued similar warnings about the regional and international fallout of a military confrontation. According to Mehr News, the post was published on his X account and closed with a call for Americans to reject the course of action he described as fruitless.