FM: ‘All Israeli targets’ identified for retaliation in case regime attacks Iran

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that Iran has “identified all its targets” in the occupied territories for a retaliatory attack against Israel.

Araghchi made the remarks in an interview with the Turkish broadcaster NTV on Saturday amid Israeli threats to launch strikes on Iran.

“Any attack against Iran means crossing its red line. We will not leave it unanswered. A necessary response will be given to any attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities or a similar raid,” he said.

“Now, we have identified all our targets there (in the occupied lands) and a similar attack will be carried out on them.”

Araghchi also referred to Iran’s October 1 missile attack on the Israeli military, espionage, and intelligence bases that came in response to the regime’s barbaric acts of assassination against the resistance front’s top leaders.

During the operation, he said, 90 percent of Iranian missiles hit their targets, which were only military facilities, not economic or civilian ones.

Operation True Promise II

The Islamic Republic of Iran launched Operation True Promise II on October 1.

Since early October 2023, Israel has been waging brutal two-front aggression that has killed at least 42,603 people in the Gaza Strip and 2,448 others in Lebanon so far.

Over the same period, the usurping regime has also killed several resistance leaders, including Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Palestinian Hamas resistance group.

Araghchi said Sinwar’s martyrdom will not stop Hamas’ activities, but will rather strengthen the group’s determination and motivate Palestinian youth.

He further denounced the United States’ support for Israel, saying the regime cannot live and commit crimes in Gaza and Lebanon without Washington’s assistance.

“If the Americans had real political will, they would be able to halt the attacks and stop Israel,” the top Iranian diplomat emphasized.

“For us, the US is an ally of the Zionists. If a large-scale war breaks out in the region, the United States will be drawn into it, something we do not want at all.”

He further warned that the war may spread to the Persian Gulf countries, noting, however, that “there is still a chance for diplomacy; we cannot leave everything to the will of one person in the Zionist regime.”

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