Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs has rejected any notion of surrender saying the Islamic Republic is united and decisively ready to confront any military aggression.
Kazem Gharibabadi was responding to recent statements from US President Donald Trump about a temporary halt to attacks on Iran to give diplomacy a chance. He said the United States claims it has temporarily stopped the attacks to give negotiations a chance but at the same time speaks of readiness for a massive offensive at any moment.
This means calling threat a peace opportunity he said. Iran stands united and decisively ready to confront any military aggression. For us surrender has no meaning either we win or we become martyrs.
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The Iranian diplomat invoked the words of Martyr Rajab Beigi We are a great nation record our name in history among all colors we have chosen red and among all deaths we have chosen martyrdom.
On February 28 the United States and Israel launched their illegal unprovoked war of aggression against Iran assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking officials. Iran responded with at least 100 waves of decisive retaliatory strikes.
A Pakistan-brokered ceasefire has been in place since early April but a US naval blockade of Iranian ports remains. Tehran has vowed not to reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the blockade is lifted and the war permanently ends.
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