BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 25. Iran will spare no
effort to strengthen cooperation between regional countries to
ensure peace and stability, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign
Ministry Esmail Baghaei said commenting on the statement of the
Gulf Arab Cooperation Council regarding Iran’s attack on the US
Al-Udeid base in Qatar, Trend reports.
According to him, the attack was carried out in response to the
US military aggression against Iran in accordance with Article 51
of the UN Charter in order to exercise its legitimate right to
self-defense and should in no way be considered a step against the
friendly and brotherly state of Qatar.
Baghaei also said that the solidarity of Arab and Muslim
countries with Iran and the positions on Iran’s territorial
integrity and sovereignty are commendable.
“Iran has a serious will to strengthen friendly and
good-neighborly relations with all countries in the southern part
of the Persian Gulf, including Qatar,” he emphasized.
On the morning of June 13, Israel carried out airstrikes against
Iran. The attacks killed numerous high-ranking military officials,
including Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces
General Staff; Hossein Salami, Commander of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); and Gholam Ali Rashid, head of
the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, along with nine nuclear
scientists and other senior figures.
That same evening, Iran launched a retaliatory strike dubbed
鈥淥peration True Promise III,鈥 firing hundreds of ballistic missiles
and drones at multiple targets across Israel, including Tel Aviv.
The attacks caused civilian casualties and widespread damage
To note, the US conducted airstrikes targeting three nuclear
facilities in Iran on June 22, reportedly causing significant
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three
nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All
planes are now outside of Iranian airspace. A full payload of BOMBS
was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on
their way home,” President of the US Donald Trump wrote on the
Truth Social social network.
On June 23, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried
out a missile strike on the U.S. Al-Udeid base in Qatar.
On June 24, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced that
the Israeli government has agreed to a ceasefire with Iran,
mediated by US President Donald Trump.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council also issued a
statement, noting that the attacks had stopped.
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