“We seek peace and security, but we will not succumb to coercion,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said at a meeting with “digital economy activists” in Tehran on Friday.
The president added: “When we say we’re going to negotiate about missiles, they (Western countries) say we can’t have missiles, and instead they’ll always arm Israel and bomb us.”
“We want to live in peace, but we will not give in to bullying,” Pezeshkian said.
On June 13, the Israeli regime, supported by the US government, launched a blatant and unprovoked invasion of Iran, sparking a 12-day war that left at least 1,064 people dead, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians.
The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear facilities in a serious violation of international law.
In response, Iranian forces targeted strategic locations throughout the occupied territories and the al-Udeid IS air base in Qatar.
On June 24, Iran successfully thwarted the invasion through successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the United States.
MNA