News - Middle East: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran is not looking for war but will give an "appropriate response" to Israel's latest act of aggression.

“We do not seek war, but we will defend the rights of our nation and country. We will give an appropriate response to the aggression of the Zionist regime,” Pezeshkian said at a cabinet session on Sunday.

He warned that the continuation of Israel’s acts of aggression and crimes will escalate tensions, and added that the US provokes Israel into committing such crimes.

Pezeshkian made the statement a day after the Israeli regime attacked several Iranian military facilities, killing four servicemen of the Armed Forces and one civilian.

The Iranian nation and the Islamic establishment proved over the past 45 years that they will never give in to any aggressor, he added.

It has been proved to the world that the Israeli regime is committing crimes, he said.

The Iranian president criticized the supporters of Israel, particularly the United States, for claiming to defend human rights and freedom while remaining silent in the face of the massacre of tens of thousands of Palestinian women and children by the regime.

“Today, awakened consciences in the world hate the Zionist regime and the crimes of this brutal regime,” Pezeshkian emphasized.

He expressed hope that Iran would successfully overcome all crises.

Iran’s Air Defense Base said in a statement on Saturday that the country’s air defenses successfully confronted the Israeli attack. 

Iran’s air defenses intercepted and successfully confronted the acts of aggression, it said, adding that some limited damage was caused to some sites, the dimensions of which are being investigated.

Earlier on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called for an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting to condemn the Israeli act of aggression, asserting Tehran’s inherent right to give a legal and legitimate response to these criminal attacks at the appropriate time.

Press TV