risk of escalation – Israel carried out airstrikes on Iranian military sites on Saturday in response to Tehran’s attack on the Jewish state on October 1
Tehran is stalling in the Middle East. Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian said Sunday that the Islamic Republic was not seeking war, but promised an “appropriate response” to yesterday’s Israeli strikes on Iranian military sites.
“We are not seeking war, but we will defend the rights of our nation and our country,” declared the head of state during a Council of Ministers. “We will give an appropriate response to the aggression of the Zionist regime,” he added.
Tehran attacks Washington
Israel carried out airstrikes on Iranian military sites on Saturday in response to the attack launched by Tehran against Israel on October 1, in retaliation for the assassination of the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, two pro-Iranian Islamist movements at war against Israel. . The Jewish state, for its part, warned Tehran against any response.
Massoud Pezeshkian also attributed the rise in regional tensions to Israel’s “aggression” and the support provided by the United States to this country that Tehran does not recognize.
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