TEHRAN: Iran’s President said potential ceasefire between its allies and Israel “Could affect intensity” of Tehran’s response to Israel’s recent strikes on Iranian military sites.

“If they (Israelis) reconsider their behaviour, accept ceasefire and stop massacring oppressed and innocent people of region, it could affect intensity and type of our response,” Masoud Pezeshkian said, quoted by state news agency IRNA.

He said that Iran “Will not leave unanswered any aggression against its sovereignty and security”, according to news agency. Israeli warplanes carried out the October 26 strikes in what Israel said was retaliation for Tehran’s October 1 missile barrage.

Iran had in turn described that attack as a reprisal for the killing of leaders and a Revolutionary Guards commander.

Since the strikes last month, Israel has warned Iran against retaliating, while Tehran vowed to respond.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say in all matters of state, said Islamic republic would retaliate.

“Enemies, both USA and Zionist regime, should know that they will definitely receive tooth-breaking response to what they are doing against Iran, Iranian nation and the resistance front,” Khamenei said in speech to students in Tehran.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 04 2024

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