Baqaei: Iran will not tolerate use of neighbors’ territory for strikes
Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday that Iran will never remain silent or refrain from a deterrent response if neighboring countries’ territory is used to directly violate its national sovereignty, territorial integrity and the security of its citizens.
Speaking during his weekly press conference, Baqaei said some regional countries had not only failed to prevent the US war machine from using their territory, airspace and infrastructure to carry out aggression against Iran, but had, in some cases, encouraged and facilitated the attacks.
He urged them to abandon past approaches and mistakes through genuine prudence.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly and sincerely declared … that it harbors no hostility or animosity toward any country in the region. We firmly believe that achieving lasting security and stability will be possible only through intra-regional cooperation and collective confidence-building, without foreign interference,” he emphasized.
However, he reiterated Iran’s “fully reasonable, legitimate, and unwavering” demand and expectation that regional countries should never allow their territory, airspace or facilities to be used as a platform for aggression or conspiracies against their major and historic neighbor.
During the recent acts of aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran, some regional countries allowed the US to use their territories to launch attacks on Iran.
In response, Iran’s Armed Forces targeted the US military bases in those countries.