President Masoud Pezeshkian underscored the country\u2019s \u201cfirm determination\u201d to continue its \u201clegitimate and powerful defense\u201d against the US-Israeli aggression, praising the resilience of the Iranian people and Armed Forces in face of war.<\/p>\n
Tehran – IranView24<\/strong><\/p>\n In a telephone conversation with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, Pezeshkian discussed regional and international developments in the aftermath of the \u201cmilitary aggression of the US and the Zionist regime against Iran,\u201d according to a statement released by the Iranian presidency.<\/p>\n \u201cThe firm determination and will of Iran is the continuation of legitimate and powerful defense against any aggression,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Iranian president also expressed appreciation for Iraq\u2019s government, people, and religious authorities for their support and condolence messages following the martyrdom of former Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei along with other officials and citizens.<\/p>\n Emphasizing Iran\u2019s right to self-defense, Pezeshkian said Tehran considers it legitimate to target \u201ccenters and US bases that are the source of aggression against Iran\u2019s territory.\u201d<\/p>\n He also warned of plots by Washington and Israel aimed at sowing division among Muslim countries by supporting terrorist groups and using neighboring territories to launch attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n Pezeshkian reiterated the stance of the martyred Leader in opposing nuclear weapons, expressing hope that regional Muslim countries could move toward peace and stability without foreign interference or war.<\/p>\n He also condemned US and Israeli strikes on Iraqi military and security positions, stressing Iran\u2019s readiness to expand cooperation with Iraq and welcoming a potential visit by his Iraqi counterpart to Tehran.<\/p>\n For his part, Rashid conveyed condolences from Iraq\u2019s government, parliament, and people over the martyrdom of senior Iranian figures and citizens.<\/p>\n He strongly condemned the \u201caggressive attacks of the US and the Zionist regime against Iran\u201d and affirmed Iraq\u2019s solidarity with what he described as the Iranian people\u2019s national resistance.<\/p>\n Rashid further characterized the conflict as an act against all Muslim nations in the region, reiterating Baghdad\u2019s opposition to the war and its refusal to allow Iraqi territory to be used by third parties for attacks against Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Masoud Pezeshkian underscored the country\u2019s \u201cfirm determination\u201d to continue its \u201clegitimate and powerful defense\u201d against the US-Israeli aggression, praising the resilience of the Iranian people and Armed Forces in face of war. Tehran – IranView24 In a telephone conversation with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, Pezeshkian discussed regional and international developments in the aftermath […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,38,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-government","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5143,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5141\/revisions\/5143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}