Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran will reject any call for a ceasefire in the ongoing war with the United States and Israel, insisting that there must be a permanent end to the aggression.
In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Araghchi said that Iran will continue to fight because Israel and the US had already shattered a ceasefire reached to end the 12-day war in June last year.
“And now you want to ask for a ceasefire again? This doesn't work like this… There needs to be a permanent end to the war,” Araghchi said.
“Unless we get to that, I think we need to continue fighting for the sake of our people and our security,” he said.
The comments came in response to NBC moderator Kristin Welker's question about whether Iran would be ready to end the war and return to the negotiating table with the US.
It also came two days after US President Donald Trump said that the only way to end the war would be for Iran to announce “unconditional surrender.”
It also came two days after US President Donald Trump said that the only way to end the war would be for Iran to announce “unconditional surrender.”
Araghchi said that Trump had made similar demands in the previous war with Iran, as he insisted that such conditions would never work.
He said that Iran will never surrender and will continue to fight as long as necessary.
Responding to a question about alleged Russian intelligence assistance to Iran in the war, the Iranian foreign minister would not confirm whether Tehran was receiving such intelligence to locate US military assets in the region.
“They are helping us in many different directions. I don't have any detailed information,” he said, adding that “cooperation between Iran and Russia is not something new, it's not a secret.”
The US and the regime in Tel Aviv launched an unprovoked and illegal aggression on Iran on February 28, assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and several top-ranking military commanders.
In response, Iranian armed forces have carried out multiple waves of retaliatory operations using advanced missiles and drones.
US military bases across the West Asian region, as well as Israeli military bases in the occupied territories, have been pounded, inflicting damage to the tune of billions of dollars, according to US media reports.
The US‑Israeli war with Iran has entered its tenth day with more airstrikes across the region
Iran has carried out a new series of strikes on US military sites across the Middle East, targeting Camp Arifjan and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reported. A high-rise government building in Kuwait City has also been hit by a drone, according to Bloomberg.
As of Sunday, the US-Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,332 Iranian civilians, the Islamic Republic’s official data shows.
US President Donald Trump has denied responsibility for the strike on a girls’ elementary school in the south of the Islamic Republic on February 28 that killed at least 175 people, suggesting instead that the Iranians were to blame and calling their munitions “very inaccurate.”....more below
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the missile units of its ground forces have precisely hit the US terrorist base in Kuwait’s Arifjan as well as separatist positions in Iran’s northwestern areas.
The IRGC said in a statement on Sunday that the US base was hit by precision guided missiles.
The missile units also accurately struck the separatist positions at two northwestern points in Iran.
28, the United States and the Israeli regime launched their unprovoked military assault on Iran, assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and top military commanders.
Iran began to swiftly retaliate against the criminal aggression by launching barrages of missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on the US bases in regional countries.Iran has repeatedly emphasized that it only targets American positions and bases in the region and does not seek conflict with Arab countries.
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