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Broken pledges cannot be justified
We are in a state of war. Iran will not hesitate to exercise its established right to defend itself.
It is a competition between different gangs to commit the greatest criminal acts.
It makes no difference to us, in these elections, who leads an entity that has brought our region nothing but violence and massacres.
Israeli expansion policy
It makes no difference to us; in these elections, whoever leads an entity that has brought nothing to our region but violence and massacres.
The election results in Israel do not concern us
We are in a state of war, and we will certainly not hesitate to exercise the natural right to defend.
I don't think there are elections there; rather, it is a competition between different gangs to commit more evil.
It has no choice but to take the necessary measures.
The Strait of Hormuz is unsafe, not because Iran made it unsafe, but because America and Israel misused this waterway.
Iran has not left the negotiating table at any stage.
technical issues and the need to take precautionary measures
in kind, if not more forcefully
We have demonstrated in practice over these two years that we do not leave any strike unanswered
Our seven conditions regarding the strait are not strange; they are legitimate, and they were included in the Islamabad memorandum
No compromise on the Iranian nuclear file
Iran does not interfere in Yemen's affairs
deeply concerned
We do not want the continuation of hostilities and war between two Islamic countries at all.
Israel's use of regional countries' territory to target Iran could lead to extremely dangerous consequences
Israel's use of their territory to target Iran could lead to extremely dangerous consequences.
clear responses to the American proposals through the Qatari mediator in Doha
contradictory positions and conflicting messages issued by U.S. officials
Tehran wants to focus on the Strait of Hormuz, not the nuclear file