SAEDNEWS: President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that Iran would deliver a harsh and regret-inducing response to any act of aggression, reacting to recent rhetoric by his American counterpart.
In a post on his X account on Tuesday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that “the Islamic Republic of Iran’s response to any unjust aggression will be severe and regret-inducing.”
He was apparently reacting to remarks made a day earlier by US President Donald Trump regarding the possibility of military action against Iran.
After holding talks with the Israeli prime minister in Florida on Monday, Trump said the United States would “quickly eradicate” and “knock down” any attempt by Iran to rebuild its nuclear program.
“Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again, and if they are, we’re going to have to knock them down,” Trump told reporters. “We’ll knock them down. We’ll knock the hell out of them. But hopefully that’s not happening.”
He added that if Iran were rebuilding its nuclear program, the United States would have “no choice but very quickly to eradicate that buildup,” warning that the consequences could be “more powerful than the last time.”
On June 13, Israel launched a large-scale military operation against Iran, striking military, nuclear, and residential areas over 12 consecutive days. On June 22, the United States escalated the conflict by attacking three Iranian nuclear facilities in Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan.
Iran responded with a series of missile operations. The IRGC Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of strikes under what it described as Operation True Promise III, targeting locations across Israeli-controlled territories.
In response to the US strikes, Iranian forces also targeted al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar — the largest US military base in West Asia — with multiple missiles.
The confrontation ended on June 24, when a ceasefire was implemented.
