Tehran will give a "decisive and definite" response to any act of aggression, says Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, amid US threats against the Islamic Republic over its support for Yemen.
At least 53 people, mostly women and children, were killed and 101 others wounded after the US carried out the first attacks against Yemen since President Donald Trump took office in January. The US launched its large-scale military strikes on the Yemeni capital Sana’a and multiple other provinces across the country on Saturday night, Press TV reported.
“We will respond decisively to any aggression against Iran’s territorial integrity and its national security and interests. There is no doubt about this,” Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters at his weekly press conference on Monday.
Earlier, Trump, in a statement on Saturday, said the US holds Iran “fully accountable” for its support for Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement. He said support for the movement must “end immediately,” warning that Washington will hold Tehran fully accountable.
Baghaei added that the Yemeni government and people independently make decisions about the measures they deem necessary to support the legitimate resistance of the Palestinian people.
He condemned the US act of aggression against Yemen Yemen as a violation of all the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.
The spokesman urged the international community, Muslim countries, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to take swift action regarding the US attack.
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