Ali Larijani, an advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader, stated in an interview that Iran is preparing to “respond” to the recent Israeli attack on its territory on October 26, according to the official Tasnim news agency.
On October 26, Israeli fighter jets launched three waves of strikes against Iranian military targets, just weeks after Iran fired a barrage of approximately 200 ballistic missiles at Israel.
Iran has previously pledged to retaliate against Israeli attacks. However, in recent weeks, Iranian officials had suggested a willingness to "delay" their response to Israel following the announcement of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election on November 6.
This statement comes as Tehran is set to hold discussions next Friday on its nuclear program with France, Germany, and the United Kingdom—three countries that submitted a resolution condemning Tehran's alleged lack of cooperation on the issue.
France, Germany, and the UK, along with the US, were behind a critical resolution on Tehran’s nuclear program presented at a meeting in Vienna at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The resolution, approved last Thursday by 19 of the 35 member states of the IAEA Board of Governors, angered Iran, which announced in response that it would activate "new advanced centrifuges" for its nuclear program.
In addition to the nuclear issue, Iran will engage in discussions with France, Germany, and the UK on regional and international developments, "including the issues of Palestine and Lebanon," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said in a statement on Sunday.
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