Araghchi: Iran's policy will not be affected by results of US election
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Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi asserts that the U.S. election outcome holds no value for Tehran’s policies and warns of a calculated response to recent Israeli aggression.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, Iran. (IRNA)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized Monday that his country will not place any value on the US elections as it will have no impact on Tehran's policy.
Araghchi was commenting on whether the results of the US presidential election on Tuesday could affect Iran's positions, especially as talk of an imminent Iranian retaliation to "Israel's" attack on Iran last month is increasing.
"We will definitely respond to the Zionist entity in the appropriate way, but the nature and quality of this response depends on the decision of the Islamic Republic and according to the circumstances,” he said, explaining that "everyone knows well and has witnessed that the Islamic Republic does not make impulsive decisions based on emotions and feelings, and responds to every aggression with intelligence and wisdom."
"We tell Iran's enemies not to test our will and that they will see the result if they test it,” the Iranian foreign minister said, adding, “We will not compromise on the principles we hold and we will not negotiate on them."
Earlier, the Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Ali Fadavi, asserted that Iran will "certainly" respond to the Israeli aggression against its sovereignty.
During his speech on the National Day of the Fight against Global Arrogance, Fadavi confirmed that a response, expected to be named Operation True Promise III, will be carried out, without providing further information.
In this context, he affirmed that Iran has been defending the oppressed and countering the oppressor, stressing that it stands on the right side of history.
Iran has not supplied Russia with missiles: Araghchi
Moreover, Araghchi, in a recent tweet via X, called on the European Union to immediately reverse sanctions placed on Iranian airlines, condemning the measures as unfounded and unjust. Araghchi highlighted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky himself had confirmed Iran had not supplied missiles to Russia, despite EU allegations to the contrary.
"The EU imposed sanctions on Iranian airlines over claims they sent missiles from Iran to Russia, yet Zelensky has clearly stated Iran did not supply missiles to Russia," Araghchi tweeted, emphasizing that these sanctions are not only baseless but also morally wrong.
Araghchi further criticized the targeting of Iranian citizens as "immoral and a grave mistake that must be immediately remedied," calling on EU authorities to "put an end to this travesty" and withdraw the sanctions.
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