TEHRAN:( The COW News Digital )–Iran has announced plans to retaliate following the American strikes on the Fordow nuclear facility, reported The COW News Digital on Sunday.
According to the TCND, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said that America entered the war to its own detriment, and now the damage to America will be much greater than that to Iran.
The senior Iranian authorities have stated that “you started it; we will finish it,” marking a dramatic escalation in the regional conflict.
Hossein Shariatmadari, a senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a fiery warning, stating that in response to the US strike, Iran “must now take its turn.”
He advocated for direct missile strikes on US naval ships and called for the closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz to American, British, German, and French shipping traffic.
Shariatmadari, who is also the editor-in-chief of the hardline Kayhan newspaper and a long-time conservative voice, stressed that Iran’s response should be swift and unhesitating.
A Telegram message attributed to him stated, “Without hesitation or delay, we must begin by launching missile strikes on the US naval fleet stationed in Bahrain and immediately shut down the Strait of Hormuz for Western maritime traffic.”
Iranian FM says Iran reserves all options
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the American attack as a blatant violation of international law and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Calling the strikes provocative and dangerous, Araghchi warned of severe consequences, asserting that Iran reserves “all options to defend its sovereignty, national interests, and people.”
Iran requests UN Security Council to convene emergency session
Iran has formally requested the United Nations Security Council to convene an emergency session to address the matter.
Earlier today, the US carried out Tomahawk missile attack on three Iranian nuclear sites. President Donald Trump also threatened more attacks if Tehran does not make peace.
President Donald Trump said soon after the attacks on Saturday that the US military has carried out a “very successful attack” on three Iranian nuclear sites, including the underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordo.
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
“A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow.”
Trump added that “all planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors.”
Iran atomic agency says US attacks on nuclear sites ‘barbaric’
Iran’s atomic energy organisation condemned Sunday the US attacks on key nuclear sites, including the mountain-buried Fordo, as “barbaric” and in violation of international law.
“At dawn today, the country’s nuclear sites in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan were attacked by the enemies of Islamic Iran in a barbaric act that violates international law,” the organisation said in a statement published on state media.
