US’ Regional Bases to Get Hit If They Aid Israel, Iran Warns

The Iranian foreign minister said the regional countries hosting American military bases have been given a warning that if their airspace or territories are used by the US for supporting the Israeli regime in any action against Iran, those bases will be inevitably targeted by Iran.

In a meeting with the foreign ambassadors to Tehran, held at the Foreign Ministry on Sunday, Hossein Amirabdollahian expounded on the punitive mission “Operation True Promise” that Iran carried out in the wee hours of Sunday in retaliation for the Israeli airstrike on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.

He said the friends of Iran in the regional countries had been informed around 72 hours in advance of the operation that Iran will definitely give a response to Israel in accordance with its legitimate right to self-defense.

Highlighting the significance that Iran attaches to the security of the region, the foreign minister said, “We notified our brothers and friends in the regional countries, where the United States has military bases, that our purpose of legitimate defense is merely punishment for the Israeli regime.”

Amirabdollahian noted that Iran does not seek to target American bases or forces across the region, adding, “We emphasized that we have never welcomed the escalation of tension in the region.”