Iran responds to reports US weighing ground operations: 'We will never accept humiliation'

Iran is responding boldly Sunday to reports the U.S. might be prepping ground forces for the next stage of its designs to root out its nuclear weapons aspirations and chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

"As long as the Americans seek Iran's surrender, our response is that we will never accept humiliation," Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said Sunday.

Iranian forces "are waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever," he added.