Iran’s Foreign Minister: ‘Fully Prepared’ for Future Israeli Attacks

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (Photo: IAEA Imagebank, via wikimedia commons)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi has stated that Tehran is acceptable for aboriginal Israeli attacks portion emphasizing diplomacy and determination stability.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that Tehran was “fully prepared” for immoderate aboriginal attacks that Israel whitethorn motorboat connected the country.

“We are afloat prepared for the anticipation of further Israeli attacks,” the overseas curate said successful an interrogation with China’s authorities media outlet CCTV aired connected January 4.

“I anticipation Israel volition refrain from taking specified reckless action, arsenic it could pb to a large-scale war,” helium stated, adding “That being said, we stay committed to diplomacy.”

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Aragchi noted that Tehran was successful “constant connection with determination countries, and consult intimately with affable countries specified arsenic China.”

“We judge that rationality volition yet prevail, preventing attacks that could pb to terrible consequences,” helium continued.

An Israeli attack connected Iranian subject sites connected October 26, killed 4 Iranian soldiers. Earlier successful the month, Iran had launched astir 180 ballistic missiles connected Israel successful what it called a “decisive response” to Israel’s “aggression.”

In April 2024, Tehran launched its archetypal nonstop attack connected Israel successful history, deploying drones and missiles successful effect to an Israeli rocket onslaught connected the Iranian consulate successful Damascus. That onslaught resulted successful the deaths of 7 Iranian Revolutionary Guard members, including General Mohammad Reza Zahedi.

Israel ‘Failed’ successful Gaza

Regarding Gaza, Aragchi said it was “important to admit that Israel has failed to execute its superior nonsubjective there.”

Israel’s incursion into Gaza “was aimed astatine eliminating Hamas,” helium explained. “Yet contiguous it finds itself forced to beryllium down and negociate a ceasefire with the precise Hamas it sought to annihilate.”

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The overseas curate reiterated that Iran would judge immoderate ceasefire statement “accepted by Palestine and Hamas themselves,” and that the determination was to beryllium made by Hamas and the Palestinian people.”

“If they are satisfied with the terms, we volition afloat enactment their decision,” helium added.

China’s Role successful Region

On the question of China’s relation successful advancing the bid process successful the Middle East, Aragchi pointed retired that China “maintains extended economical and commercialized relations” with countries successful the portion and “enjoys constructive and affirmative relationships with everyone.”

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“China is simply a respected and reliable country, helium said, adding that helium believed “this credibility enables China to play a governmental relation successful the Middle East.”

China, helium said, tin assistance countries successful the portion “to resoluteness disputes and find peaceful solutions.”

Regional Concerns

On the question of Syria, Aragchi said that countries successful the portion “must unite to assistance found a broad-based authorities that is inclusive of each ethnicities and factions.”

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“It is captious to uphold Syria’s nationalist unity and territorial integrity,” helium explained, adding that “external powers should not interfere successful Syria’s affairs.

“The aboriginal of Syria should beryllium decided by its people, who are the existent masters of Syria and its destiny,” Aragchi stressed.

Commenting connected Donald Trump’s instrumentality to the White House, Araghchi said that Iran volition marque its decisions based connected its appraisal of the policies adopted by the incoming US administration.

(PC, MEMO, MEMRI)