Phone conversation between the Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Japan
🔹Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Toshimitsu Motegi, Foreign Minister of Japan, held a phone conversation this afternoon, Tuesday, regarding regional developments following the military aggression by the United States and the Zionist regime against Iran and its regional and global consequences.
🔹Our Foreign Minister, referring to the criminal nature of the actions by the United States and the Zionist regime in the attack on Iran, emphasized that the international community's appeasement of this brutal aggression creates a dangerous precedent in the international system.
🔹Araghchi added: The Islamic Republic of Iran stands firmly and resolutely against the military aggression of the United States and the Zionist regime and will defend itself, but this does not exempt the international community, including Japan, from the responsibility to explicitly condemn this military aggression and the war crimes committed by the aggressors.
🔹Our Foreign Minister emphasized: Good relations with neighbors are very important for Iran, but we cannot allow the US to attack us from its bases in the region. Our defensive actions are not directed at neighbors but target the origin and source of aggression.
🔹Araghchi stressed: This war is not only against Iran but against the entire region, and the critical situation in the region, including the Strait of Hormuz, is also due to the military aggression of the US and the Zionist regime.
🔹The Japanese Foreign Minister, while expressing condolences and sympathy with the people of Iran, expressed concern about the continuation and expansion of the crisis and emphasized that necessary efforts must be made to reduce tensions. For this reason, he has been in contact with his counterparts in the region and continues his efforts in this regard.