“Let it be clear: Iran did not initiate this. This was not a preemptive strike. It was a flagrant violation of international law – a reckless act of aggression by a rogue, genocidal regime – carried out against a sovereign nation in the midst of negotiations, with deliberate strikes against civilian infrastructure.”
His post came in response to the unprovoked and abrupt attacks by the Zionist regime on Iran’s nuclear facilities and residential areas, which resulted in the martyrdom of several innocent civilians—mostly women and children—as well as a number of senior military officials.
Iran responded to the attack as its legitimate right to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is worth noting that Iran has not initiated a war against any country in the past 200 years.