Iran's retaliation based on its 'inherent right to legitimate self-defense': FM Araghchi
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that Iran will deliver a “decisive” response to any aggressive act relying on the country’s defense power and national solidarity.
Araghchi made the remarks during a telephone conversation with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, on Friday, the seventh day of the illegal US-Israeli aggression against Iran.
He highlighted some of the US-Israeli crimes in the past few days, including the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, as well as attacks on schools, hospitals, mosques, diplomatic police, and the centers providing service to citizens, saying they all violate the UN Charter and the fundamental principles of international law.
“Relying on its defensive capabilities and the support of the Iranian nation, the Islamic Republic defends the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity within the framework of the its inherent right to legitimate self-defense and will respond decisively to any aggressive act,” he emphasized.
Rudriguez, for his part, strongly condemned the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, stressing the need for respecting national sovereignty of the world’s countries and honoring the UN Charter and international law.
The US and Israel began their brutal act of aggression against Iran on Saturday morning by assassinating Ayatollah Khamenei in flagrant breach of the country’s sovereignty.
So far, at least 1,332 Iranian people have been killed in the terrorist air raids, according to the Red Crescent Society.
Iran began to swiftly retaliate against the unlawful military assault by launching barrages of missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on the US assets in regional countries.
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