Responding to latest U.S. threat
Iran says it will not hesitate to enhance deterrence power
Responding to Washington’s latest threat of resorting to the use of force against Iran, the Islamic Republic has reiterated its resolve to reinforce its deterrence power.
“The threat of using force by the U.S. against other states runs counter to international law, especially the provisions of the United Nations Charter,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani said on Tuesday, according to Press TV.
“Therefore, the Islamic Republic will not hesitate to strengthen its deterrence capability and protect its rights and security,” he added.
Iran’s defense minister said his ministry can manufacture all types of military equipment required by the Armed Forces.
The remarks came after a torrent of provocative comments by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)’s annual Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.
Blinken accused Iran of “exporting its aggression” and seeking to “obtain a nuclear weapon,” repeating Washington’s “all-options-on-the-table” threat against Tehran.
The Islamic Republic has, on numerous occasions, assertively negated all of the United States’ allegations of regional intervention, and emphasizing that it neither has, nor will, ever pursue the attainment of nuclear weapons, on religious and moral grounds.
Kan’ani likewise urged American officials to abandon their routine practice of throwing such “baseless and unfounded” accusations against Iran.
He also advised Washington to reconsider continuing its “illegal and defeated” policies vis-à-vis the Islamic Republic of Iran.