On Saturday, March 7, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologized for the attacks on regional countries with missiles and drones. continued It is flying towards the Arab Gulf states, in a development that revealed the limited control that the country’s political leadership appears to have over its armed forces.
In Pezeshkian’s video message He said The country’s interim leadership council had directed the armed forces to stop strikes on neighboring countries unless attacks on Iran were launched from their territory. He attributed previous unauthorized attacks to a breakdown in command, saying the armed forces were operating under a kind of “shoot at will” authority before the new directive was issued.
Pezeshkian explained that the loss of the country’s senior leaders and supreme leader following what he did Describe it as The “barbaric aggression” left the forces acting without orders, doing “whatever is necessary” to defend Iranian territory.
The president made his remarks in a pre-recorded speech broadcast on state television, following repeated Iranian strikes on Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates earlier in the day.
On Friday night, March 6, President Donald Trump student “Iran’s unconditional surrender,” he pledged that Washington and its allies were willing to help rebuild Iran’s economy and raise its profile, provided the country appoints leadership his administration finds acceptable.
In response to Pezeshkian He said This ambition was a dream that “his opponents will take to their grave,” insisting that Tehran remains committed to international law and humanitarian frameworks.
The conflict has now entered its second week killing At least 1,230 people are in Iran, more than 200 in Lebanon, and about a dozen in Israel, according to officials in those countries. Six American service members also died.