Araghchi: Iran to be ready to attack US military in Middle East in retaliation

Tehran will be ready to launch retaliatory strikes against the US military in the Middle East if the US joins the military actions unleashed by Israel, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with NBC News, Report informs.

If Trump decides to have the United States strike Iran, Araghchi said, his government reserves the right to retaliate, as it has done against Israel.

“When there is a war, both sides attack each other. That’s quite understandable. And self-defense is a legitimate right of every country,” Araghchi said.

To revive negotiations between Iran and the United States, Washington only needs to tell Israel to halt its airstrikes on Iran, he said.

“I think if Americans are serious to go back to diplomacy, what it needs is only a telephone call from Washington to Tel Aviv to stop everything,” he said.

“They can stop this process very quickly, and then we will consider diplomacy once again.”