Iran's Foreign Ministry: "Israel's Beirut Airstrike Violates Ceasefire... U.S. Also Responsible"
"We Will Take Measures to Exercise Our Legitimate Right to Self-Defense"
On June 14 (local time), Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned Israel's airstrike on Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, criticizing the attack as a violation of the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran. The ministry also stated that the United States must bear responsibility for the incident, calling it a military provocation that could trigger Iran’s right to self-defense.
In a statement released that day, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “We strongly condemn the military aggression committed by the Zionist regime (Israel), targeting residential areas in Beirut’s Dahiyeh,” and criticized, “This terrorist act resulted in the martyrdom (death) or injury of numerous Lebanese citizens.”
The ministry further stated, “This terrorist crime not only infringed on Lebanon’s national sovereignty and territory, but also constitutes a serious violation of the ceasefire agreement signed between Iran and the United States in April,” emphasizing, “The U.S. government bears direct responsibility for the crimes committed by the Israeli regime and for the repeated violations of the ceasefire targeting Lebanon and Iran.”
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also declared, “Iran will take all necessary measures to exercise its legitimate right to self-defense,” and strongly criticized, “The reckless provocations by the Israeli regime, and the dangerous consequences they pose for regional peace and security, rest entirely with both the United States and the Israeli regime.”
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Earlier, the Israeli military conducted airstrikes on residential buildings in Dahiyeh on the southern outskirts of Beirut. The Israeli military claimed that three Hezbollah unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) had violated its airspace, and, in response, struck Dahiyeh, which houses command centers of Hezbollah, a pro-Iranian armed faction.
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