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SvennoJ on 11 October 2024
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Iran says ready to ‘defend sovereignty’ against Israel attack

Iran says it is “fully prepared to defend its sovereignty” if its arch-foe Israel attacks as it has threatened to do in response to a barrage of about 200 missiles.

The country launched the missiles at Israel on October 1 in retaliation for the killing of two of its closest allies, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, along with an Iranian general.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said this week that his country’s response would be “deadly, precise and surprising”.

In an address to the UN Security Council on Thursday, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, said the country “stands fully prepared to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity against any aggression targeting its vital interests and security”.

Iran, he said, was not seeking “war or escalation” but would exercise its “inherent right to self-defence fully in line with international law and will notify the Security Council of its legitimate response”.


Israel ‘killing innocent people’ with support from the West

Iran’s President Pezeshkian said that Israel should “stop killing innocent people”, and that its actions in the Middle East were backed by the US and the EU.

Pezeshkian was speaking to a Russian state TV reporter on the sidelines of an international meeting in Turkmenistan.


Iran FM reiterates Israel retaliation warning

Tehran will not hesitate to take “stronger defensive actions” if Israel launches an attack after last week’s missile attack by Tehran, according to Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Iran is “fully prepared to take stronger defensive actions, if necessary, in response to any further aggression, and will not hesitate to do so”, Araghchi said in a letter to other foreign ministers, according to a ministry post on X.

Araghchi said in his letter that Iran’s missile attack on Israel had been in accordance with its right to self defence under international law and followed much restraint as it sought a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said Israel will hit Iran in a way that will be “lethal, precise and surprising”.