The President of Iran, Masud Pezeshkian, announced on Saturday the suspension of bombings against targets in neighboring countries in the region and apologized for a strategy attributed to a military measure of force majeure following the death of the security leadership in the attacks of the previous week by the United States and Israel, although he clarified that his country reserves the right to retaliate if it is targeted again from those places.
"The Acting Leadership Council approved yesterday (Friday) that there will be no more attacks against neighboring countries or missile launches unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries," Pezeshkian announced in a televised address to the nation reported by Europa Press, referring to the provisional executive body established after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the joint attack of the previous week by the United States and Israel on Tehran.
The Iranian President even went as far as apologizing to regional neighbors and insists that his country harbors no animosity towards them, in line with the official stance of the Iranian government, which has maintained from the outset that its bombings were aimed at military positions, whether they were from the United States or regional allies of Washington.
Pezeshkian hinted that this regional strategy was adopted by the military in a chaotic moment. "It is necessary to apologize to neighboring countries. Our leader, our commanders, and our students," he explained in relation to the death of more than 150 schoolchildren in a bombing that Tehran attributes to the United States during the initial operation, "had died in this brutal aggression."
"Our armed forces are fearless and have risked their lives to defend the territorial integrity of the country. In the absence of commanders, they took the necessary measures to defend our land with dignity and strength," he argued.
Although Pezeshkian claims that the decision was made on Friday, countries like Saudi Arabia have reported the interception of at least four drones and a missile from Iran, as part of the retaliatory measures launched by Tehran in response to the offensive launched last Saturday by Washington and Tel Aviv.
The Government of the United Arab Emirates also confirmed this morning the "successful containment" of "a minor incident caused by falling debris after an interception," with no injuries reported.
"A DREAM THAT WILL GO TO THE GRAVE"
The Iranian President took the opportunity to declare that the unconditional surrender demanded yesterday by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, will never happen.
"The unconditional surrender of Iran is a dream that will go to the grave," Pezeshkian warned before concluding his speech with a call for a diplomatic solution. "We have no intention of invading neighboring countries; as we said, they are our brothers, and we strive to unite with them to establish peace and tranquility," he stated.