Retaliatory operations will continue until enemies surrender completely: Iran’s Defense Ministry

The spokesman for the Iranian Defense Ministry says the country’s missile and drone strikes in retaliation for the unprovoked US-Israeli onslaught will continue fiercely and forcefully until enemies surrender completely.

Brigadier General Reza Talaei-Nik stated on Sunday that this is a public demand, as well as a request from Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei and families of the victims.

He stated that the US and Israel are undoubtedly the chief aggressors against Iran.

The spokesman noted that Donald Trump has become a plaything in the hands of Israeli officials, and the US president, together with his accomplices, has forgone the interests of Americans, many peoples around the globe as well as the Iranian nation to serve the Tel Aviv regime, and subsequently launched a war of aggression against Iran on February 28.

Talaei-Nik stated that Israel and the US have contravened most obligations under international law and ethics pertaining to armed conflict in the course of the ongoing anti-Iran offensives.

He emphasized the legitimacy of retaliatory operations being carried out by Iranian Armed Forces and allied resistance fighters against US interests in the region and Israeli positions in the occupied territories.

“While anti-Zionist campaigns have surged over the past two years, anti-US movements, particularly those against despicable Trump and criminal Netanyahu, are now emerging across the United States and among the international public opinion,” the senior Iranian military official stated.

Talaei-Nik further said that Iran reserves the right under the UN Charter and in accordance with its religious teachings, national and ethical beliefs, as well as humanitarian principles to retaliate.

“It is our right to employ all capabilities, and utilize all national and trans-national defense means in order to thwart aggressors’ plots and defeat enemies,” the spokesman added.

The United States and Israel launched a large-scale onslaught against Iran late last month, assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking military commanders despite indirect Tehran-Washington negotiations on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

Within the framework of their legitimate response Iranian Armed Forces immediately initiated powerful missile and drone strike on US military installations across West Asia and Israeli positions in the occupied lands.

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