Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:
Earlier this evening, we exercised self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter, targeting solely military & security sites in charge of genocide in Gaza and Lebanon.
We did so after exercising tremendous restraint for almost two months, to give space for a ceasefire in Gaza. 
Our action is concluded unless Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation. In that scenario, our response will be stronger and more powerful.
Israel’s enablers now have a heightened responsibility to rein in the warmongers in Tel Aviv instead of getting involved in their folly.

Statement from the General Staff of the Armed Forces regarding the Truthful Promise-2 operation:
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In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
Following the illegitimate actions of the zionist regime, with the assassination of Iranian advisors in Syria and Lebanon, and the violation of the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the martyrdom of the esteemed Martyr Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the honorable Martyr Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and following the assassinations of Hezbollah Lebanon’s leaders and commanders, especially the great and courageous fighter of the resistance front, Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and the brave Iranian advisor, Major General Abbas Nilforoushan, alongside the massacre of the oppressed people of Lebanon and Palestine, particularly unarmed women and children, the legitimate sovereign rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been disregarded, necessitating an appropriate response.
The child-killing zionist regime, its international and regional supporters, especially its main backer, the illegitimate and rootless entity, the criminal United States, must understand that while the Islamic Republic of Iran has not initiated any war in the past 45 years, and will not do so, it will firmly and powerfully defend its legitimate rights against any aggression or violation. It will make any malicious aggressor, at any level, regret their actions.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces, while expressing gratitude for the legitimate, courageous, and determined actions of the brave sons of the Iranian nation in the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the support provided by the heroic army of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the powerful Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics in avenging and punishing the child-killing zionist regime, declares this operation to be its legitimate right. It warns that if the aggressor regime responds in kind, it should expect the widespread and comprehensive destruction of its infrastructure within the occupied Palestinian lands.
Furthermore, if any of the regime’s supporting countries, including the United States, directly intervene in aggression against Islamic Iran, their centers and interests across the region will also face a powerful and regret-inducing response from the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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