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Iran’s Foreign Ministry defends retaliatory strikes, slams US betrayal

World • 1d ago
Iran’s Foreign Ministry defends retaliatory strikes, slams US betrayal
Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran’s attacks on US targets across the region are legitimate defensive actions. Iran is entitled to defend itself from Israeli and US attacks, the spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stressed. “We have every right in accordance with international law, with the UN Charter, to defend ourselves with all might”, Esmaeil Baghaei said in an interview with Al Jazeera on Saturday. The US and Israel launched a wave of attacks across multiple Iranian cities, including Tehran, on Saturday, in what US President Donald Trump described as “major combat operations”. At least 201 people have been killed, according to Iranian media, citing the Red Crescent. Iran responded by firing missiles towards Israel and US military targets in multiple countries, i...
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