Iran calls US strikes on nuclear sites ‘criminal’, warns of ‘legitimate response’

“In accordance with the UN Charter and its provisions allowing a legitimate response in self-defence, Iran reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interest, and people,” the post added.

Araghchi’s remarks on social platform X marked the first reaction from a senior official regarding the attacks on Isfahan, Fordo, and Natanz.

Later, in another post, Araghchi dismissed calls for Tehran to return to diplomatic talks with the US, stating that the overnight attacks blew up any chance of diplomacy.

“Last week, we were in negotiations with the US when Israel decided to blow up that diplomacy. This week, we held talks with the E3/EU when the US decided to blow up that diplomacy,” Araghchi wrote in a post on X.

“What conclusion would you draw?” He added that British and European Union comments for Iran to “return” to the negotiating table are unfeasible now. “But how can Iran return to something it never left, let alone blew up?” he said.

‘Future attacks will be far greater’, Trump warns Iran

Earlier, President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Tehran, stating that there will be “either peace or tragedy” if it chooses to retaliate moments after US military strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear facilities.

“Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not. Future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier. For 40 years, Iran has been saying. Death to America, death to Israel. They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs, with roadside bombs. That was their speciality,” Trump told a press briefing at the Oval Office on Saturday (June 21).

“This cannot continue. There will either be peace or tragedy for Iran, far greater than what we have witnessed over the last eight days,” The US president said.

“Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight was the most difficult of them all, by far, and perhaps the most lethal, but if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill,” he added.

He later in a post on Truth Social reiterated his stance and said that any retaliation aimed at the United States will be met “with force far greater than what was witnessed tonight”.

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