News - Middle East: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says he has repeatedly warned the Israeli regime against testing Iran’s will as the Islamic Republic has successfully passed the various tests it has faced.

“As the foreign minister, I repeated a message during [my] regional trips on several occasions, and that message is that ‘do not put our will to the test and do not test us. We have passed our own tests,” the top diplomat said during a televised program on Monday.

Araghchi reminded that, over the past year, the regime had repeatedly tried to provoke Iran into engaging in conflict, but the country resisted the provocations, and would do as it sees fit concerning Tel Aviv’s acts of incitement.

“We never compromise on our principles and causes, but [our] tactics may vary concerning [various] circumstances,” he stated.

The foreign minister, meanwhile, noted that the Islamic Republic would refuse to act either emotionally or out of excitement in the face of various circumstances.

He cited the examples of Iran’s Operation True Promise in April and True Promise II in early October, which saw the Islamic Republic firing hundreds of ballistic missiles towards sensitive targets across the occupied Palestinian territories in retaliation for acts of deadly aggression by the Israeli regime against the country and other regional nations.

As in the case of the dual operations, “whenever we have been struck with a blow, we have chosen the appropriate response smartly and wisely and with deliberation,” he said.

“Iran is a great nation with thousands of years of historical and civlizational background, and we, therefore, take our decisions wisely.”

Araghchi defended Iran’s performance during the operations as defensive and based on the country’s right to legitimate defense, the international laws, and the United Nations Charter.

The official said the country had not “imported” its capabilities so it could lose them as a result of foreign attacks, adding that he had scoffed at claims by some, who had alleged that the Israeli regime would “definitely destroy” Iran’s nuclear facilities in case of an attack on the Iranian soil.

Araghchi finally noted that the Islamic Republic did not attach much importance to the outcome of the United States pending presidential election, saying victory of none of the American presidential nominees would affect the Islamic Republic’s principled positions and strategies.

Press TV