Iran warns US is damaging diplomatic process after new strikes
Iran says the United States is undermining diplomatic efforts by sending contradictory messages, repeatedly changing its demands, and violating ceasefire agreements.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters on Wednesday that US military aggression against the country early Wednesday morning had inevitably affected the diplomatic process between Tehran and Washington.
“Recent conditions and developments must be carefully reviewed,” he added.
“Diplomatic processes do not take place in a vacuum,” Baghaei stated, adding that “a minimum level of conducive conditions is required to allow diplomacy to move forward.”
He said the Israeli regime was also damaging diplomatic efforts through repeated violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
“Any diplomatic process is harmed by the use of force and unlawful actions on the ground,” he added.
Baghaei reiterated that diplomacy and military deterrence go hand in hand in safeguarding Iran’s national interests and security. “Wherever necessary, the country’s Armed Forces “will respond to the enemy with strength.
The spokesman said that this morning's defensive operation against US bases and assets in the region once again demonstrated the readiness of Iranian forces to defend the country.
He stated that Iran’s leadership remains fully coordinated in confronting external threats, utilising both diplomatic and military means whenever necessary.
In an earlier statement, the foreign ministry said that the US carried out "savage attacks" on areas in southern Iran under the pretext that one of its Apache helicopters had crashed over the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday night.
In response to the aggression and the violation of Iran's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, the country's Armed Forces struck US bases and assets in the region from which the attacks had been launched.
The attacks, the foreign ministry said, have once again demonstrated the United States’ “criminal and warmongering nature."
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