Iran says would respond ‘ferociously’ to any US attack, even limited strikes
Iran said Monday that a US attack of any scale would spur the Islamic republic to respond “ferociously,” after President Donald Trump said he was considering limited strikes against the country.
The United States has built up forces in the Middle East to pile pressure on Iran to make a deal at negotiations due to restart on Thursday, with Trump weighing a limited strike if no agreement is reached.
On Monday Iran’s foreign ministry reiterated that any strike, even limited, “would be regarded as an act of aggression. Period.”
“And any state would react to an act of aggression as part of its inherent right of self-defense ferociously so that’s what we would do,” ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said at a briefing in Tehran.
The two countries concluded a second round of indirect talks in Switzerland on Tuesday under Omani mediation.
Further talks, confirmed by Iran and Oman but not by the United States, are scheduled for Thursday.
The European Union, which has been sidelined in mediation on Iran, called for a diplomatic solution ahead of the talks.
“We don’t need another war in this region. We already have a lot,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
