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Iran does not seek to escalate tensions but will defend its territory and sovereignty using all legitimate means as long as what it describes as aggression continues.

In a statement on Sunday, the Embassy of Iran in Malaysia said the country has no intention of targeting civilians or attacking other nations in the Middle East.


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00:01Iran does not seek to escalate tensions, but will defend its territory and sovereignty,
00:07using all legitimate means as long as what it describes as aggression continues.
00:13In a statement on Sunday, the Embassy of Iran in Malaysia said the country has no intention
00:18of targeting civilians or attacking other nations in the Middle East.
00:22The embassy added that its defensive operations were aimed only at positions and bases of
00:28what it called the aggressor US regime and occupied territories while observing the principles
00:34of distinction and proportionality under international humanitarian law.
00:39It described the recent strikes on Iran as coordinated attacks carried out without legal
00:44or political justification, calling them a violation of Iran's sovereignty and the United
00:50Nations Charter.
00:51The embassy said the attacks occurred while Iran and the United States were engaged in
00:56a diplomatic process, and maintained that the Iranian people had done everything possible
01:02to prevent war.
01:03It also claimed that US and Israeli strikes hit several civilian sites, including a girls'
01:09primary school in southern Iran, with about 150 children reportedly killed and around 100
01:16injured.
01:17The embassy described the attacks as deliberate and said they constitute a war crime under the
01:22Geneva Conventions.
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