The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has just been quoted as saying he apologises to neighbouring countries.

“I apologise … to the neighbouring countries that were attacked by Iran,” Pezeshkian said, The Caspian Post reports, citing the Guardian.

He also said Iran’s interim leadership council had approved that no attacks or missile strikes would be carried out against neighbouring countries unless an attack against Iran originated from those countries.

The comments come after Iran has targeted Gulf countries hosting US forces with waves of retaliatory missile and drone strikes since the US-Israeli attacks began last Saturday.