šØ JUST IN: Iran Delivers Furious Warning, Speaks of āUnprecedented Level of Danger And Chaosā After āHeinousā U.S. Strikes – TIME
Iranās Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivered blistering remarks on Sunday as he responded to the overnight strikes conducted by the U.S. which, overseen by President Donald Trump, targeted three key Iranian nuclear sites. Araghchi warned of āeverlasting,ā ādangerous,ā and āfar-reachingā consequences for what the Iranian Foreign Ministry called an āegregious act of aggression and heinous crime,” according to TIME.
“The warmongering and lawless Administration in Washington is solely and fully responsible for the dangerous consequences and far-reaching implications of its act of aggression,” Araghchi said. āThe U.S. military aggression against the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of a U.N. member stateācarried out in collusion with the genocidal Israeli regimeāonce again laid bare the depth of depravity that governs American foreign policy and revealed the extent of hostility harbored by the U.S. ruling establishment against the peace-seeking and independence-loving people of Iran.ā
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has also condemned the Trump-ordered strikes and referred to the U.S. as the “primary instigator.”
āThis aggression showed that the United States is the primary instigator of the Zionist regimeās hostile actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran,ā Pezeshkian said. āAlthough they initially tried to deny their role, after our armed forcesā decisive and deterrent response and the Zionist regimeās clear incapacity, they were inevitably forced to enter the field themselves.ā
Araghchi also said diplomacy is no longer an option following the U.S. military action. āThey crossed a very big red line by attacking nuclear facilities⦠We have to respond based on our legitimate right for self-defense,ā he said.