TEHRAN – Iran has hard evidence that the American forces have been supporting the Israeli regime’s military attacks against the Islamic Republic, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said, warning the US to step away.
In a meeting with the foreign ambassadors to Tehran on Sunday, Araqchi reaffirmed Iran’s right to self-defense and to give a retaliatory response to the Israeli regime, which has been attacking Iran’s nuclear, military and civilian areas since June 13.
He stressed that the Zionist regime would have been unable to take the act of aggression singlehandedly without the US’ support.
Iran has been carefully monitoring the situation and has overwhelming evidence that the American forces have been backing the Israeli attacks, Araqchi stated.
What is more important than the evidence is US President Donald Trump’s explicit support for Israel, the foreign minister said, adding, “The US is complicit in the Israeli strikes and must be held accountable.”
The US must announce its clear stances and condemn the Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Araqchi added, saying Tehran expects Washington to step away.
The foreign minister also denounced the UN Security Council’s indifference to the Israeli aggression against Iran.
Araqchi stated that Iran’s purpose in attacking military and economic targets in the occupied territories was self-defense and countering aggression.
He explained that Iran targeted the Israeli regime’s military sites in the first wave of missile attacks, but when the Zionist regime started to attack economic targets on the second day of its onslaught, Iran retaliated and began to hit economic targets on Saturday night.
The Israeli regime attacked a number of residential neighborhoods of Tehran as well as military and nuclear sites in other parts of Iran in the early hours of June 13.
Several top military commanders, at least six Iranian nuclear scientists, and dozens of civilians have been martyred in the strikes.
The Iranian Armed Forces have taken retaliatory action against the Zionist regime, hitting several cities in the occupied territories with destructive ballistic missiles.
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