Iran FM spox calls US attack on Iran act of aggression, not self-defense

In a post on his X account on Friday, Baqaei reacted to a report by the US Department of State regarding entering a war with Iran in “self-defense,” saying, “‘Self-defense’ against what? Was there any ‘armed attack’ by Iran to justify ‘self-defense’? Definitely not!

So this was absolutely NOT ‘self-defense’ — it was an act of AGGRESSION against the nation of Iran.”

On February 28, the United States and the Israeli regime launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran, during which the then Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and several senior military officials were martyred.

Iranian Armed Forces responded with weeks of missile and drone strikes targeting American and Israeli military positions in the occupied territories and the Persian Gulf region, inflicting heavy damage in 100 waves of counterattacks over a period of 40 days.

Iran’s retaliation also featured the country’s closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz to vessels belonging to enemies and their allies.

The Islamic Republic then subjected the waterway to further restrictions, conditioning passage of vessels to their securing permission from relevant Iranian authorities. The latter move came after the US announced continuation of an illegal blockade it has been trying to impose on Iranian vessels and ports./irna