Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, wrote on X addressing regional states: We do not intend to harm you. But when your bases are used against us and the United States carries out operations in the region with those forces, we will target them. These bases are not the territory of these countries; they are American territory.

Security not for sale, defence means non-negotiable
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said that national security and dignity cannot be traded or conditional, and that neither the inherent right to self-defence nor the




