Iran vows to use 'new weapons' if US steps up bomb blitz

Published: 20:25 EDT, 4 November 2026 | Updated: 21:24 EDT, 4 November 2026 Iran has threatened to use 'new weapons' against the US if Donald Trump decides to launch further strikes against it following his humiliating defeat at home.Iranian parliament speaker, the influential Mohammad Ghalibaf declared: 'Conscience or the cost of living, Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message.'If the US [government] betrays their public will to serve international paymasters and blackmailers, it will learn our NO comes with a Nightmare.'Meanwhile, the country's paramilitary force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps called the US midterm results a 'disaster' for Mr Trump, claiming it was the result of 'America's heavy defeat in the war it started against Iran'.A spokesman for the IRGC added that should the US or Israel take any action, Iran would 'respond to them differently than before, using a new doctrine and new conventional weapons technology'.The threats came as the US President insisted he had no immediate plans to strike Iran but warned the US was 'locked and loaded if we need to go'.The President sought to downplay speculation he was planning to launch fresh action following the election results.His intervention came after the US carried out 'defensive' strikes against Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Mohammad Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran's parliament, vowed his country would use 'new weapons' against the US if Donald Trump continued strikesThe island has been transformed into a military base by Iran, with the regime believed to be able to launch anti-ship missiles and drones from underground lairs.At the same time, the US has massed a huge naval armada of around 20 warships in the Arabian Sea including two carrier strike groups and a third on the way, fuelling fears Washington was preparing a new bombing wave.Mr Trump claimed he was content with the current state of the stand-off with Tehran, claiming 'we seem to be getting everything we want'.However, he added he was prepared to resume strikes, telling the Financial Times: 'I'm ready, we're ready. We're locked and loaded if we need to go, but there may be no reason for it.'Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, had previously pushed for another wave of strikes on Iran after the US midterm elections.Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei claimed that, despite the midterm massacre, the US could not be trusted not to resume attacks.He said anyone who thought 'party or factional shifts', or 'making concessions to the US could persuade it to abandon its hostility towards the Iranian people, they are gravely mistaken'.Mr Khamenei also accused Washington of seeking Iran's unconditional surrender, warning that concessions would only encourage further aggression.'Even the slightest inclination towards surrendering to the hegemonic enemy will squander the enormous gains achieved,' the supreme leader added.In Britain, Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm, claiming 'the world has an opportunity now' to focus on resolving the Iran war and easing the cost of living and 'that's what the voters, in my view, are saying in the United States'.READ MORE: Blame game explodes in Texas after total GOP midterms wipeout: Now Ken Paxton turns on Trump... as insider says: 'Any cowboy can figure out what really happened' READ MORE: MAGA turns on Trump: JD Vance and even Don Jr blame President's Iran War debacle for poll wipeout that's left him a lame duck READ MORE: 'Woke' Christian who took Texas: Fury of religious Right after state picks ex-teacher who believes in a 'non-binary God'READ MORE: Night of US history sees election firsts across creed, colour and sexualityREAD MORE: Lawyer up! That's the warning to Trump as Democrats prepare to take on what they call 'the most corrupt family ever to occupy the White House'