Iran president condemns US 'aggression' in first reaction to strikes
"This aggression showed that America is the main factor behind the Zionist regime's hostile actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a statement on Sunday.
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- Published Date: 03:36 | 22 June 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned US strikes on nuclear sites Sunday, saying in his first response that the attack revealed Washington was "behind" Israel's military campaign in the Islamic republic.
"This aggression showed that America is the main factor behind the Zionist regime's hostile actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran," he said, according to IRNA news agency, adding that the United States acted after seeing Israel's "obvious inability".
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