Iran Vows Strong Response to Continued Hostile Actions

The secretariat of Iran’s Supreme Defense Council has condemned what it described as an escalation in threatening rhetoric and interventionist statements directed against the country, warning that such actions will provoke a strong response.

Iran’s security, independence, and territorial integrity are an inviolable red line, wrote the secretariat in a statement on Tuesday, The Caspian Post reports, citing IRNA.

Any aggression or continuation of hostile actions will be met with a proportionate, decisive, and definitive response, it added.

The old enemies of Iran, who have repeatedly and explicitly taken responsibility for the killing of Iranian women and children, are now pursuing disintegrating and damaging the country’s entirety by repeating and intensifying threatening rhetoric and making interventionist statements that blatantly contradict established principles of international law.

This approach is not merely the expression of political positions but is part of a pattern of pressure and intimidation, which cannot be without consequences and cost, or be considered outside the field-based equations, the secretariat stated.

Relying on national solidarity, comprehensive deterrent capabilities, and full defensive readiness, the Islamic Republic of Iran explicitly reiterates that the security, independence, and territorial integrity of the country are an inviolable red line, it said.