Doha:
President Masoud Pezeshkian insisted Wednesday that Iran was “not on the lookout for warfare” however pledged a stronger response if Israel retaliates for its missile assault.
“If it (Israel) desires to react, we may have a stronger response, that is what the Islamic Republic is dedicated to,” Pezeshkian stated in a joint press convention with Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, in Doha.
“We aren’t on the lookout for warfare, it’s Israel that forces us to react,” he stated.
Pezeshkian spoke a day after Iran fired about 200 missiles together with hypersonic weapons in the direction of Israel, sending frightened civilians into shelters.
Israel intercepted most of them, whereas medics reported two individuals calmly wounded by shrapnel. One of many missiles broken a college constructing.
On Wednesday the Israeli navy stated a number of Iranian missiles fell inside air pressure bases with out inflicting any harm.
“The soiled purpose of the Zionist regime is to trigger insecurity and unfold disaster within the area,” Pezeshkian stated.
“What we would like from US and European international locations is to inform the entity they’ve planted within the area (Israel) to cease the bloodshed.”
Sheikh Tamim warned that Israel was drawing the area to the “brink of the abyss” with its assaults on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The emir additionally condemned ongoing Israeli assaults on the Gaza Strip, saying Doha would press on with efforts to dealer a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, whose October 7 assaults triggered the warfare.
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