The Islamic Republic of Iran will firmly continue its legitimate self-defense

Dr. Araghchi's remarks to a group of foreign ambassadors focused on the Zionist :regime's aggression against Iran

• The Islamic Republic of Iran will firmly continue its legitimate self-defense.
• In response to the aggression, we will defend ourselves completely legitimately and with strength.

• Our expectation, as well as that of the international community, is the strong condemnation of the attack on nuclear facilities and the punishment of the Zionist regime for this act.

• This may be the last red line of international law that the Zionist regime has crossed, and if the international community remains indifferent to these red lines, the consequences will certainly affect all other countries as well.

• From our perspective, the US is complicit in these attacks and must take responsibility.

• We were fundamentally not seeking this war and were engaged in diplomacy regarding our nuclear program, but this aggression was imposed on us.
• We do not seek to escalate the war, unless it is forced upon us. We do not want this war to expand to other countries or the region, unless it is forced upon us.