Enemies feel deterrence power Iran achieved in recent years: Interim FM
Iran’s interim foreign minister says enemies feel the deterrence power that the country achieved during the late President Ebrahim Raeisi's three years in office.
Ali Bagheri Kani made the remarks on Sunday at a ceremony held at the Institute for Political and International Studies in the capital, Tehran, to commemorate Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who lost his life alongside Raeisi in a May helicopter crash.
He said that during Raeisi’s term, Iran’s foreign approach was based on three pillars, including the neighborliness policy, synergy with independent countries and emerging powers, and deterrence.
“The foreign policy apparatus must provide sustainability in the field of deterrence. The Islamic Republic of Iran can clearly say that it has achieved deterrence against the enemies thanks to the measures and decisions taken over the past three years, the most prominent of which was Operation True Promise,” he noted, referring to Iran’s large-scale retaliatory operation against Israel in April.
During the operation, Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at military bases in the Israeli-occupied territories. It came less than two weeks after Israel killed seven military advisors of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a terrorist strike on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital city of Damascus.
Bagheri Kani said that Iran used its power to ensure the stability of the region and taught the Zionists that any illegal act carries a heavy penalty.
The top diplomat also said that Iran’s deterrence has today come to the fore.
“Foreigners now feel Iran's deterrence power, which is one of the achievements made by Amir-Abdollahian,” he asserted.
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