Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi was lucky sufficient to be out of nation on Saturday night time in the course of the US strikes on the Iranian nuclear websites.
On Saturday night time america army beneath the course of President Donald J. Trump bombed three nuclear amenities in Iran in Operation Midnight Hammer.
The US dropped 14 bunker busting bombs on Iran’s largest nuclear website in Fordow. It was the largest ever attack by B-2 stealth bombers by america. It was additionally the longest flight the bombers have made since 2001.
The US strike concerned greater than 125 US plane.
Following Saturday night time’s historic assaults, Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi lashed out at america. Araqchi is in Turkey for the OIC assembly in Istanbul.
Iranian Tasmin News reported:
Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi mentioned the US should take full accountability for the implications of its assaults on Iran’s nuclear amenities, saying Tehran reserves the suitable to resort to its personal choices for response.
Addressing a press convention on the sidelines of an OIC assembly in Istanbul on Sunday, Araqchi mentioned the US has violated all worldwide guidelines and laws by placing Iran’s nuclear websites.
The US should settle for full accountability for the dire penalties of such an aggressive measure, he warned.
Highlighting Iran’s entitlement to self-defense beneath the UN Constitution, Araqchi mentioned Tehran reserves the suitable to take a sequence of choices to answer the US assaults.
Araqchi, or Araghchi, condemned the US actions on X earlier in the present day and mentioned, “Iran reserves all choices to defend its sovereignty, curiosity, and folks.”
Abbas Araghchi: The USA, a everlasting member of the United Nations Safety Council, has dedicated a grave violation of the UN Constitution, worldwide regulation and the NPT by attacking Iran’s peaceable nuclear installations. The occasions this morning are outrageous and can have eternal penalties. Each member of the UN have to be alarmed over this extraordinarily harmful, lawless and legal habits. In accordance with the UN Constitution and its provisions permitting a official response in self-defense, Iran reserves all choices to defend its sovereignty, curiosity, and folks.
Right here is the tweet.
The USA, a everlasting member of the United Nations Safety Council, has dedicated a grave violation of the UN Constitution, worldwide regulation and the NPT by attacking Iran’s peaceable nuclear installations.
The occasions this morning are outrageous and can have eternal…
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) June 22, 2025