While the statement emphasized the “right to respond,” it indicated at the same time that Tehran may be trying to find a way to avoid further escalation after the Israeli attack early Saturday morning.
And it was Israel Have attacked military targets in Iran Through pre-dawn air strikes, in response to the ballistic missile barrage that Iran fired at Israel earlier this month.
The strikes were the first time the Israeli military had openly attacked Iran.
The Iranian army said that the strikes targeted military bases in the provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan, and Tehran, without going into details, and explained that the attacks caused “limited damage.”
After the air strikes, she said Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs It reserves the right to self-defence, and “considers itself entitled and obligated to defend itself against external aggressive acts.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Iran “has no limits” in defending its interests.
Iran raised the death toll from the Israeli attack to 4, all of them from the Iranian Air Defense Force.
The Israeli army said it targeted facilities used by Iran to manufacture missiles fired at Israel, in addition to surface-to-air missile sites.
There was no immediate indication that oil or nuclear sites had been hit, which would have represented a more serious escalation.
These strikes would push the two arch-enemies into an all-out war at a time when violence is escalating in… The Middle East.
