❗️Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

 ❗️Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:
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“Everyone must understand that we pursued diplomacy, but the United States and the Zionist regime launched aggressive attacks on Iran.

It is illogical to ask Iran to return to diplomacy after this path was blown up by Israel and the United States.

The United States has proven it holds no respect for the UN Charter and does not abide by international law.

The international community must address the threat to the UN Charter, and it is the United States that previously reneged on the nuclear agreement.

The Security Council must shoulder its responsibilities and prevent such threats against Iran. We will defend our sovereignty and our people.

Iran does not possess nuclear weapons, yet it is under attack by nuclear-armed powers.

It seems the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) can no longer protect us, and this poses a dangerous challenge.

I will head to Moscow to meet President Putin; Russia is a friend of Iran, and we have a strategic partnership.

I will hold serious consultations with President Putin. We continue to work with Russia, a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

This is not merely a US attack on our facilities; it is an assassination of international law.

We are committed to continuing the defense of our country, and our armed forces are fully prepared to defend our sovereignty against any aggression.

We have a wide range of options to respond to the American aggression against Iran.

When the aggression against Iran ceases, we can then talk about how to resume the diplomatic path.”