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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi spoke during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, June 22, 2025.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi on Sunday said Tehran retains all options for protecting their sovereignty and people after the “outrageous” US attacks of three main nuclear enrichment facilities in the country of the Middle East.
Iran also launched its 20th wave of missiles and drones against Israeli military goals, according to Iranian state media FARS. Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday reported Sirens are ignited because of the more Iranian offensives and added He had begun his own missile offensives in Western Iran.
The two regional enemies exchange attacks after Israel surprise in Iran last week.
Tehran’s response comes after the United States has conducted a direct military attack on Iran for the first time, a move that drastically strengthened geopolitical tensions in the already unstable region.
Israeli security forces and the first responding gather at the site of an Iranian blow, which struck a residential neighborhood in the Ramate Aviv area in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2025.
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Aragchi said on social media that US attacks aimed at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan’s nuclear sites will have “eternal consequences”, adding that “every member of the United Nations should be worried about this extremely dangerous, lawless and criminal behavior.”
Separately PostAragchi has accused the United States and Israel of destroying the latest efforts to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough.
“Last week we were in talks with the United States when Israel decided to blow up this diplomacy. We had talks with E3/EU this week when the United States decided to blow up this diplomacy,” Aragchi said on X. E3 referring to the informal diplomatic group of Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
Turning to the nation on Saturday night, US President Donald Trump said the strikes of three of Iran’s nuclear sites were a “grand military success” that “completely deleted” key facilities for enriching the country.
The US President’s claim to the outcome of the operation cannot be confirmed independently. The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Iranian Nuclear Safety Center did not report radiation or pollution in nuclear centers after the attacks, as Sunday Morning London.
Protesters in support of Iran and Palestinians in Gaza hold flags and posters during a demonstration against the actions of Israel and the United States in Sydney on June 22, 2025.
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“There will be either peace or there will be a tragedy for Iran, far more bigger than we have witnessed in the last eight days. Remember that there are many goals left,” Trump said.
Israel welcome Trump’s intervention in the conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “Trump’s bold decision will change history.”
Elsewhere in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Qatar, the respective governments have expressed a deep concern in the reaction of the US invasion of Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Meanwhile, Lebanon called “for restraint and launching structural and serious negotiations to restore stability in region countries”, according to Google translation Post by the Presidency.
UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres said He was “seriously concerned” by the use of US force against Iran, warning that “the risk that this conflict may quickly go out of control was increasing.”
At least 430 people were killed in Iran as Israel began its attacks, according to Iranian state media, citing Tehran’s health ministry. Twenty -four civilians were last reported in Israel due to Iran’s response, according to UN experts.