Commuters drive previous a billboard bearing photos of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian (2-L), armed forces chief of employees Main Normal Mohammad Bagheri (L) US President Joe Biden (2-R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) in Vali-Asr sq. in Tehran on October 27, 2024. Agence France-Presse
TEHRAN — President Masoud Pezeshkian stated on Sunday that Iran didn’t search struggle with Israel however was able to ship “an applicable response” to strikes this week on Iranian navy websites.
“We don’t search struggle however we’ll defend the rights of our nation and nation,” Pezeshkian advised a cupboard assembly, including that Iran “will give an applicable response to the aggression of the Zionist regime.”
On Saturday, Israel performed air strikes on navy websites in Iran in response to Tehran’s October 1 assault on Israel, itself retaliation for the killing of Iran-backed militant leaders and a Revolutionary Guards commander.
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Israel has warned Tehran towards responding.
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Pezeshkian blamed the hovering regional tensions on Israel’s “aggression” and US help for the nation, which Tehran doesn’t acknowledge.
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“If the aggressions of the Zionist regime and its crimes proceed, the tensions will unfold,” stated the Iranian president.
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Pezeshkian added that america had “promised to finish the struggle in return for our restraint, however they didn’t maintain their promise,” Pezeshkian added.
Iran has referred to as for an finish to the Gaza struggle, triggered by the October 7 assault on Israel final yr, carried out by the Tehran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Iran additionally backs different armed teams within the area, together with Lebanon’s Hezbollah which has been combating an all-out struggle with Israeli forces for the previous month after a yr of largely low-intensity exchanges.
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