Foreign Minister Araghchi: We Repeatedly Deliver Messages To Zionists, Don't Test Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (Source: IRNA)

JAKARTA - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi underlined that he had repeated messages addressed to the Israeli Zionist regime several times during his regional trip, not testing "how we are, we have passed our tests".

"Last year, the Zionist regime tried many times to provoke Iran into conflict, but we were not provoked into falling into someone else's game, and we will take whatever action we deem necessary in this regard," Foreign Minister Aragghchi said, quoted by IRNA November 5.

"We do not recognize the existence of the Zionist regime as an element of colonialism, but as Minister of Foreign Affairs, I repeat the message several times during regional travel, and that message is not to test our will and do not test us," he stressed.

He added that during his regional trip, some people cynically told him the Zionist regime would definitely destroy Iran's nuclear facilities, which he responded to by laughing at them.

Iran confirmed it would respond to Israeli attacks on October 26. The Times of Israel quoted The Wall Street Journal as reporting Sunday that Iran would use a larger warhead and weapons that had not been used in the two previous attacks.

Last week, Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said Iran was capable of carrying out dozens of countermeasures such as Operation True Promise, which targeted Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory in April, quoted from Mehr.

During the operation, Iran fired more than 300 missiles and drones into occupied territory, in retaliation for the deadly aggression of the Israeli regime that had targeted Iranian diplomatic facilities in the Syrian capital, Damascus, early that month.

Meanwhile, in early October, Iran launched 200 missiles into Israeli military and intelligence bases across the occupied territory as part of Operation True Promise II.

The second operation was carried out in response to the more deadly atrocities by the Zionist regime against Iran and other regional countries, including Israel's assassination of Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and senior commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Abbas Nilforoushan.

True Promise II, which took place on October 1, triggered Israel to counterattack on October 26. Iran had previously warned Israel not to try to retaliate against the attack, but to ignore it.

Most recently, Deputy IRGC Commander Brigadier General Ali Fadavi on Sunday confirmed that Iran would definitely retaliate against Israel's latest aggression.

"The details cannot be discussed yet, but it will definitely be done," Brigadier General Fadavi said, referring to the possibility of an attack on Israel, which is expected to be named Operation True Promise III.