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Araghchi posts sarcastic reply to Jordan FM over Iran’s response to US attacks
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi challenged Jordan’s account of Iran’s military response to the United States, asking how long Tehran was expected to wait before responding to an aggressor violating both Iranian and Arab sovereignty.
Araghchi was responding to recent remarks by Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, who accused Iran of attacking his country and other countries in the region just two hours after the start of the US war on Iran and described Tehran’s response as a “premeditated policy”, Press TV reported.
“How much time does the Jordanian Foreign Minister believe Iran should wait before responding to an aggressor that respects neither Arab sovereignty nor Iranian sovereignty?” In Araghchi asked Safadi an Arabic-language post on X on Friday.
“And is he truly unaware that Arab airspace, lands, and waters were used in the initial American attacks that resulted in the killing of innocent Iranians?” he added.
The exchange followed a series of US strikes on southern Iran on September 1 that killed and wounded dozens of people.
In Hormozgan Province, US missiles struck a residential building in Kouhestak, in Sirik County, where a wedding reception was being held.
At least five people were killed and 68 others wounded. Two children, aged four and 16, and two women were among those killed.
Seven other people were killed and eight wounded in US missile strikes on three locations near the cities of Ahvaz and Aghajari in Khuzestan Province.
Iranian Armed Forces subsequently launched a “crushing” operation against US military bases in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation.