Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Tehran: Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian added in a message he published on X channel: This action was in defense of the interests and citizens of Iran.
He emphasized: Netanyahu should know that Iran is not a belligerent, but it stands firmly against any threat. This is only a corner of our power. Do not enter into a conflict with Iran.
Earlier, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in its initial announcement following the launch of missile attacks against the Zionist regime: "The great Islamic Ummah of the noble and martyred nation of Iran moments before and after a period of self-restraint against the violation of the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran in The assassination of Mujahid Martyr Dr. Ismail Haniyeh by the Zionist regime and against the country's right to legitimate self-defense against the United Nations Charter and the escalation of the regime's evils with the support of America in the massacre of Lebanon and Gaza and the martyrdom of the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Seyed Hassan Nasrallah and Martyrdom of IRGC commander in Lebanon, IRGC Major General Abbas Nilfroshan, IRGC Air Force launched dozens of ballistic missiles to target important military security targets in the heart of the occupied territories, the details of which will be recalled later.
In the continuation of this announcement, it is noted that this operation was carried out with the approval of the Supreme National Security Council and the notification of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the support of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army and the Ministry of Defense.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned that if the Zionist regime reacts militarily to this operation, which is in accordance with the legal rights of the country and international laws, it will face further crushing and devastating attacks.
This is despite the fact that from the first hours of tonight, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched massive missile attacks towards the occupied territories in response to the recent crimes of the Zionist regime, and in the shortest possible time, 10 to 15 minutes, Iranian ballistic and hypersonic missiles on It fell on the head of the criminal Zionists. In these attacks, Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted the important and sensitive military and strategic bases of Israel and its targets were not civilian targets.
It is said that 80% of these missiles hit the intended targets without being intercepted.