Araqchi on Saturday held telephone conversations with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq following the terrorist attacks by Washington and the Tel Aviv regime on Iran.
He described the military aggression as blatant violation of the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter and a brazen crime against international peace and security.
The top diplomat said the Islamic Republic of Iran will utilize all its defense and military capabilities to defend the country based on the right to legitimate defense.
He also underlined Iran’s resolve to continue the policy of good-neighborliness and friendship with all regional countries while also reminding these countries on the responsibility to prevent the use of their territory for carrying out aggressive operations against Iran.
Araqchi said that Iran’s Armed Forces, in carrying out the natural right to defend the country in accordance with international law, will consider the origin and source of the US and Israeli aggressive operations to be legitimate targets.
He said the war imposed by the US and the Zionist regime is not just against the Iranian nation but against all regional countries and it is necessary for all Muslim and regional nations and government to act upon their historical responsibility and confront the Israeli regime’s sinister plot.