By NASSER KARIMI, Related Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday mentioned his nation’s reply to an assault could be harsh, which seemed to be in response to a warning by U.S. President Donald Trump over reconstruction of Iran’s nuclear program.
“Answer of Islamic Republic of Iran to any cruel aggression will be harsh and discouraging,” Pezeshkian mentioned on the social media platform X.
Pezeshkian didn’t elaborate, however his assertion got here a day after Trump instructed the U.S. may perform navy strikes if Iran makes an attempt to reconstitute its nuclear program. Trump made the remark throughout wide-ranging talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida.
The 2 leaders mentioned the potential of renewed navy motion towards Tehran months after a 12-day air conflict in June that killed practically 1,100 Iranians together with senior navy commanders and scientists. Iran’s retaliatory missile barrage killed 28 folks in Israel.
Trump instructed Monday that he may order one other U.S. strike towards Iran.
“If it’s confirmed, they know the consequences, and the consequences will be very powerful, maybe more powerful than the last time,” Trump mentioned.
Pezeshkian mentioned Saturday that tensions between the edges already had risen.
“We are in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel and Europe; they don’t want our country to remain stable,” he mentioned.
Iran has insisted it’s now not enriching uranium at any web site within the nation, attempting to sign to the West that it stays open to potential negotiations over its atomic program.
U.S. intelligence companies and the Worldwide Atomic Power Company assessed Iran final had an organized nuclear weapons program in 2003, although Tehran had been enriching uranium as much as 60%, which is a brief, technical step away from weapons-grade ranges of 90%.
