‘Recreation isn’t over’: Iran vows retaliation as Pezeshkian says US ‘should obtain response to their aggression’

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian informed French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday that america should “obtain a response” for its strikes on Iranian nuclear amenities, signalling Tehran’s intent to retaliate.

“The People should obtain a response to their aggression,” Pezeshkian informed the French chief, based on the official IRNA information company.

His feedback got here as a high advisor to Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the “sport isn’t over” and hinted that US army bases within the area might “will probably be thought of official targets.”

“Any nation within the area or elsewhere that’s utilized by American forces to strike Iran will probably be thought of a official goal for our armed forces,” stated Ali Akbar Velayati in a message carried by the official IRNA information company.

“America “now not” has a spot within the Center East after it carried out strikes in opposition to nuclear amenities within the Islamic republic,” he stated.

“America has attacked the center of the Islamic world and should await irreparable penalties, as a result of the Islamic Republic doesn’t tolerate any insult or aggression in opposition to itself,” he added.

Iran additionally stated that it was able to defend itself by “all obligatory means” after unprecedented US strikes on its nuclear amenities.

“Iran is resolutely decided to defend its nationwide sovereignty, territorial integrity, nationwide safety and other people by all obligatory means,” overseas ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei posted on X, condemning what he described as an “unconscionable act of aggression – perpetrated by a nuclear-armed state… in opposition to a non-nuclear weapon nation”.

In the meantime, The Trump administration on Sunday signaled a willingness to resume talks with Iran and keep away from a chronic battle within the aftermath of a shock assault on three of the nation’s nuclear websites as U.S. officers assessed Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and the specter of retaliation in opposition to American pursuits.

The coordinated messaging by his vice chairman, Pentagon chief, high army adviser and secretary of state urged a confidence that any fallout could be manageable and that Iran’s lack of army capabilities would in the end drive it again to the bargaining desk.

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth stated at a information convention that America “doesn’t search battle” with Iran whereas Vice President JD Vance stated the strikes have given Tehran the opportunity of returning to barter with Washington.

“This mission was not and has not been about regime change,” Hegseth stated.

With inputs from companies