Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned against the Israeli regime’s “vicious” plans to expand the ongoing war with the Islamic Republic to countries across the region.
In a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday, Pezeshkian said regional countries should remain cautious to ensure that their territory is not used by aggressors to attack other Muslim countries.
It is regrettable that the aggressors are using some Muslim countries’ territory to carry out attacks against Iran, he added.
“Iran’s defensive response to the origin of these attacks is natural while the Islamic Republic considers Muslim countries as its brothers and does not wish for even a single Muslim to be harmed,” the president emphasized.
Pezeshkian noted that Muslim countries enjoy religious and human bonds and a vast capacity to confront common threats, particularly those arising from the Israeli regime.
He expressed appreciation for the Pakistani people’s support and solidarity with Iran in the face of the US-Israel military aggression and hailed great efforts by some friendly and neighboring countries, including Pakistan, to stop the imposed war.
He slammed attacks on Iran’s economic and energy infrastructure despite claims and promises by American officials, saying, “Definitely, such contradictory statements and actions have led to Iran’s increased distrust toward the aggressor United States.”
The US and Israel started a fresh round of unlawful military aggression on Iran on February 28, some eight months after they carried out unprovoked attacks on the country. The attacks led to the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several military commanders.
Iran has carried out extensive retaliatory attacks on Israel and US with missiles and drones, hitting targets in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military assets in regional countries.
The Pakistan prime minister, for his part, reiterated his country’s principled stance on condemning the US-Israel military aggression against Iran and strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on Iran’s economic infrastructure in the cities of Ahvaz and Isfahan.
On Friday, the United States and the Israeli regime carried out separate attacks on Isfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company and Khuzestan Steel Company -- two main Iranian steel companies in the central and southwestern provinces of Isfahan and Khuzestan.
One person was killed and two others injured in the attack on parts of the electricity facility of Isfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company in the city of Mobarakeh in Isfahan.
Sharif also commended measures taken by Iran to ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels of some countries, including Pakistan, through the Strait of Hormuz, expressing hope that this process will continue.
Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva Ali Bahreini said on Friday that the Islamic Republic has agreed to the safe passage of aid ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
He added that Tehran, in line with its longstanding principles of humanitarian law and in respect to the request from the United Nations, has made the decision to facilitate and further hasten the safe passage of vessels carrying humanitarian goods through the strategic waterway.
The Pakistani premier also emphasized that any dialogue between Tehran and Washington must take place based on trust and mutual respect which requires an end to military aggression and the killing of Iranian officials and civilians.
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