Diplomat: Iran`s retaliatory measures to US-Israeli aggression  not  directed against neighboring countries

ArmInfo.Iran's retaliatory measures to US-Israeli aggression are not directed against neighboring countries, as stated by Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Khalil Shirgholami at a press conference in Yerevan on March 2.

The diplomat noted that the attack against Iran at a time when  official Tehran was demonstrating maximum will to achieve results in  the negotiations with the United States. "The attack by the US and  the Zionist regime occurred at a time when Iran had submitted its  prompt, precise, and fully feasible proposals to the United States,  and this was carried out in conditions where Tehran was demonstrating  maximum goodwill in achieving results during the negotiations. We are  very surprised that a system, a regime incapable of adhering to the  principles of negotiations, has decided to enter the negotiating  stage at all," Shirgholami said.

In this regard, the Iranian diplomat emphasized that Iran's  retaliatory measures are not directed against neighboring countries,  but against the American military bases located there. "The US,  located thousands of miles away, decided to attack Iran, using its  bases in neighboring countries. And as part of this aggression, Iran  has a legitimate right to respond. We do not know how long this  aggression will last, but the Iranian people will continue to  exercise their right to self-defense, as granted to us by the UN  Convention," the Iranian ambassador added. Shirgholami emphasized  that the use of the territories of these countries is already an  enemy action. "This is a war for our existence, as well as for Iran's  existence or non-existence.  Iran has no red lines against countries  or forces that in any way facilitate aggression against Iran," the  Iranian diplomat emphasized.

He  noted that US President Donald Trump's advisers had warned him  that this would be a difficult and costly war. And, as Shirgholami  emphasized, now Trump himself  is convinced of this. He also refuted  claims by some circles that Israel attacked a girls' high school in  Minab, Iran, because it was housing a military facility. He added  that the Red Month office in Tehran, as well as a number of medical  facilities and civilian facilities, were also attacked.