Pezeshkian: Iran Not to Bow to Bully

Writing on X on Monday, Pezeshkian referred to his conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, when he stressed that Iran did not initiate “this savage war".

He added that defending against onslaught is a natural right that Iran has mastered well.  

Pointing to the role of US military bases in the region, Pezeshkian stated that their use against Iran — which was aimed at disrupting Tehran’s relations with its neighbors — must be halted. 

He noted that peace and stability in the region cannot be achieved while ignoring a Zionist-American aggression against Iran.  

The president reiterated that the country would not bow to coercion and once more called on the global community to condemn the assault and compel the aggressors to abide by international laws.

The US and Israel started a fresh round of aerial aggression on Iran in late February, some eight months after they carried out unprovoked assault on the country.

The strikes led to the martyrdom of Supreme  Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, and more than 1,400 people, including women and children, as well as military commanders.

Iran began to swiftly and firmly retaliate against the raids by launching barrages of missiles and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on US bases in regional countries.

In another part of his remarks, Pezeshkian described the initiation of the war, based on false information and with expansionist motives, as a “medieval act in the twenty-first century".

He emphasized that talk of halting aggression would be meaningless until assurances were given that no further attacks would target Iranian soil, reaffirming Iran’s firm stance against any violation of its territory.