“The reason American authorities continue to give Iranians bad names and call them ‘a nation of terror and hate’ is because Iranians do not capitulate to bullying and resist brutal aggression against their beloved homeland,” Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baqaei said in a post on his X account on Tuesday.
His message came against a backdrop of a brutal war of aggression that the US and Israeli have imposed on Iran.
The US and the Israeli regime launched a large-scale unprovoked military campaign against Iran following the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, along with several senior military commanders and civilians on February 28.
The attacks have involved extensive aerial strikes on both military and civilian locations across Iran, causing significant casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces have carried out retaliatory operations, targeting American and Israeli positions in the occupied territories and at regional bases with waves of missiles and drones.