Pezeshkian: Iranian Armed Forces Dealt Severe, Historic Punishment to Israel

According to Saednews, He made the remarks in a message addressed to the people, commending the "epoch-making" nation for its "courageous steadfastness" that paved the way for victory.

"All the pride ascribed to this victory belongs to the great nation of Iran that prides itself on its civilizational legacy," he added.

The Israeli regime ended its 12-day-long war of aggression on Iran in the early hours of Tuesday after suffering heavy blows at the hands of Iranian armed forces.

In the 22 phases of Operation True Promise III, Iranian armed forces launched hundreds of ballistic missiles, including multi-warhead projectiles, and drones at strategic Israeli military sites in the occupied territories, including the bases used by the regime to launch its attacks.

'Israel's losses unimaginable'

Pezeshkian said the losses that had been suffered by the enemy as a result of the reprisal were "unimaginable," despite the intense media censorship that the regime had imposed.

According to the Iranian president, it was the Israeli regime's adventurism and warmongering attitude that triggered the war, and it was the great Iranian nation that spelled an end to it by facing up to the aggressor and forcing it to retreat.

The remarks came a day after American media outlets reported that the regime had asked Iran, through Western mediators, to stop the retaliatory attacks amid monumental damage across the occupied territories resulting from round-the-clock Iranian missile barrages.

The unilateral halt in the regime's aggression against Iran was announced by US President Donald Trump in the early hours of Tuesday.

A day before the announcement, Iranian armed forces fired a missile barrage at al-Udeid, Washington's most important military base in the West Asia region, located in Qatar.

It was in response to American aggression against Iranian nuclear sites in brazen and blatant violation of international law.

'Iran's message: Aggressors always pay dearly'

According to President Pezeshkian, the aggressors failed in their goals of destroying Iran's infrastructure, obliterating its peaceful nuclear energy, and inciting social unrest.

In addition to suffering the failure, the Israeli regime and its allies had their "false aura of invincibility" shattered by Iran's powerful response, with the regime facing "vast destruction of its key installations and strategic centers," the president noted.

The overall situation, he added, bears the clear message that "the cost of adventurism against the great nation of Iran is extremely heavy."

'History won't forget treachery of Iran's enemies'

Pezeshkian reminded that the aggression against Iran was carried out while the Islamic Republic was engaged in diplomacy towards averting military confrontation.

He was referring to indirect talks that were underway between Iran and the United States, mediated by Oman, which failed to make progress due to Washington's excessive demands.

"History will not forget the treachery and broken promises of Iran's enemies, who resorted to aggression and invasion even while sitting at the negotiating table," he said.

The Israeli regime launched its aggression on Iran just two days before the sixth round of indirect talks were scheduled in Muscat, which were eventually canceled.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is also the lead nuclear negotiator, said the talks cannot be held as long as the US is complicit in the Israeli aggression against Iran.