Iranian president calls on citizens to 'confront criminal aggression'

 Iranian president calls on citizens to 'confront criminal aggression'

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called on all Iranians to "stand together, persevere, and confront the criminal aggression to which Iran is subjected".

Speaking at a meeting of Iran's parliament on Monday, Pezeshkian said Iran has "given diplomacy a chance and opened the way for negotiations and dialogue".

"The enemy cannot destroy Iran and its people through murder and terrorism. There are hundreds of other heroes who will carry the banner and continue the path after every targeted attack," he said.

Pezeshkian also reiterated that his country "does not seek to possess nuclear weapons" but that it has "the right to benefit from nuclear energy and research that benefits its people".

Iran calls on the US to condemn Israeli attacks if nuclear negotiations are to continue

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson has said that after the cancellation of US-Iran nuclear talks scheduled for yesterday, the US needs to “condemn” Israeli attacks on Iran for the negotiations to continue.

Esmail Baghai once again called negotiations “meaningless” in the current situation and said the US was “complicit” in the attacks.

He also said that if Iran’s parliament decides to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it will be “binding”.

Iran has always insisted that its nuclear programme is peaceful, a claim that Israel rejects.