Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Takht-Ravanchi declared Iran considers the conflict to have been forced upon it.
By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
Iran warned European countries not to join the United States and Israel in the war against Tehran, declareing any government that participates in the campaign could face retaliation.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi issued the warning in an interview with France 24, declareing Tehran had already cautioned European governments about becoming involved in the fighting.
“We have already informed the Europeans and everybody else that they should be careful not to be involved in this war of aggression against Iran,” Takht-Ravanchi informed the network.
“If they assist, I’m not attempting to name any counattempt, but if any counattempt joins in the aggression against Iran, joins America and Israel in the aggression against Iran, definitely they will be also the legitimate tarobtains for Iranian retaliation.”
Takht-Ravanchi declared Iran considers the conflict to have been forced upon it and signaled that Tehran intfinishs to continue military operations.
“This war has been imposed on us, and we will continue to deffinish ourselves to the best of our abilities,” he declared. “We have an obligation to deffinish our people, and that is exactly what we are doing.”
He also declared Iran had been engaged in nuclear nereceivediations with Washington before hostilities launched.
“We are sincere. We are sincere in our finisheavor to arrive at a peaceful conclusion of this issue,” Takht-Ravanchi informed France 24.
Separately, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an apology to neighboring countries that had been struck during Iranian attacks in the Gulf.
“I should apologize to the neighboring countries that were attacked by Iran, on my own behalf,” Pezeshkian declared in a prerecorded televised speech Saturday, according to The Associated Press.
He declared Tehran would avoid tarobtaining neighboring states unless those countries attacked Iran.
“From now on, they should not attack neighboring countries or fire missiles at them, unless we are attacked by those countries. I believe we should solve this through diplomacy,” he declared.
The remarks came after Iran launched multiple strikes on Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman.
Despite the statement, the United Arab Emirates Minisattempt of Defense declared Saturday that air defense systems intercepted 16 ballistic missiles fired toward the counattempt. According to the minisattempt, 15 of the missiles were shot down while one fell into the sea.
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