Iranian Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States threaten world peace and that his country will continue to defend himself
Iranian Foreign Minister ABBAS ARAGHCHI, said on Sunday (22.Jun.2025) in Istanbul that will go to a meeting in Moscow “to work togetherWith Russian President Vladimir Putin in search of a solution to the war against Israel after US intervention the night before.
At a press conference, Iran’s chancellor said the United States “crossed a very large red line”By bombarding Iranian nuclear facilities. ARAGHCHI classified the attacks as a“serious violation of the UN Charter and International LawAnd announced that Tehran has summoned an emergency meeting on the UN Security Council.
On Thursday (19.jun.2025), Putin told reporters that An American military intervention in Iran could cause a dangerous escalation in the Middle East. He also said that a diplomatic exit could guarantee Iran’s rights to peaceful nuclear power and Israel to security.
The minister also appealed to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) to formally condemn the offensive. “The United States betrayed diplomacy, betrayed negotiations. It is irrelevant to ask Iran to return to diplomacy”He said.”Our honor has been damaged and we will defend ourselves. Let’s not give up our territory, our honor and our people.”
The statements are given after the United States Iranian.
The US attack was targeted by Natanz’s nuclear centers, Isfahan and Fordow – and the latter the most important for the Persian country.
Fordow is a nuclear base built in the early 2000s inside a mountain in the center of Iran. The site topography protects the facilities, especially against air attacks.
Iran attacks Israel
After the US offensive, Iran attacked Israel again. According to the FDI (Israeli Defense Forces), the Iranians launched missiles towards the Israeli territory.
“Defense systems are operating to intercept the threat”The military declared on Telegram. They said the population was“oriented to enter protected places and stay there until new warning”.
Shortly thereafter, the FDI published authorizing the population to leave the shelters. “Search and rescue forces are operating in various places in the country where reports of fallen projectiles were received”, They declared.
TRUMP
US President Donald Trump (Republican Party), said on Saturday (21.Jun) that the attacks on Iran were a “brake“Iranian nuclear program. He said that now is Tehran’s moment to accept peace and threatened,”. “
Trump spoke for just over 4 minutes. He was accompanied by the vice president, Jd Vance, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. Stated that the attacks were a “show“. He said that the Iranian targets were”completely destroyed”.
The Republican said that everyone “listened to”The names of Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow while Iran built a“destructive machine”According to him, the goal of Saturday’s attacks (21.Jun) was“The destruction of the uranium enrichment program and a nuclear threat brake imposed by the largest state funding of terrorism in the world”.
Watch Trump’s pronouncement (4min32s):
Understand
The conflict began on June 12 (Brasília time), when Israel bombed nuclear facilities, military bases and Iranian strategic targets. The bombing reached various points of the Iranian nuclear program, including facilities in Natanz, centrifugal workshops near Tehran, Isfahan laboratories, and the Arak heavy water reactor.
In response, Iran launched 450 missiles and 1,000 drones against Israel, according to Israeli army estimates. Most projectiles were intercepted by the Israeli Air Defense System.
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