Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s remarks came as the United States and Israel pledged to use all means to deny Tehran’s nuclear weapons.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran would have a “harsh and regrettable response” to any “mistakes” by Washington or its allies.
The Iranian president spoke as US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge on Thursday to reject Iran’s nuclear weapons, a show of unity among allies long divided over foreign affairs. deal with Tehran.
Raisi blamed the US and “regional allies” for causing instability in the region, state news agency IRNA reported.
“The great country of Iran will not accept any insecurity or crisis in the region and Washington and its allies should know that any mistake will face a harsh response and regrettable from Iran,” Raisi said in a statement. the firm.
The joint pledge signed on Thursday commits the United States to “never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon”, and states that the country is “ready to use all elements of its national power”. to ensure that outcome”.
Washington and Israel have long expressed concern about Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Iran insists it has never had an ambition to build a nuclear bomb.
Israel, which has the region’s only but undisclosed nuclear arsenal, firmly opposes any agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes.
Lapid warned that “words” and “diplomacy” are not enough to thwart Iran’s alleged nuclear ambitions.
“The only thing that can stop Iran is knowing that if it continues to develop its nuclear program, the free world will use force,” he said.
A landmark deal imposing restrictive measures on Iran’s suspected nuclear program in return for sanctions relief was made by former US President Donald Trump in 2018.
Efforts to restore the accord have been stalled since March.
Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker, reporting from West Jerusalem, said Biden and Lapid also talked about “integration of Israel into the region in the sense of normalizing relations” with more Arab countries.
On Friday, the US President will travel to the occupied West Bank to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, before Air Force One makes the first publicly acknowledged non-stop flight from Israel to Saudi Arabia. – Ut.
Biden said the journey itself “represents significant progress,” after Israel begins diplomatic relations in 2020 with Riyadh’s Gulf neighbors the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. .
“Israel’s integration in the region, Israel’s peace with its neighbors, these are essential goals,” Biden said.
