TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei mentioned on Tuesday (Might 26) that regional international locations would not be shields for US bases, in a written assertion carried by state tv.
“What is definite on this regard is that the fingers of time won’t flip backwards, and the nations and lands of the area will not function shields for American bases,” mentioned Khamenei, who has not appeared in public since he took workplace in March, in a message marking the Eid al-Adha holiday.
He mentioned america “along with not having any secure haven within the area for aggression and the institution of army bases, is shifting additional and additional away from its former place with every passing day”.
The remarks come as Iran and america continued exchanges aimed at reaching a deal to finish the warfare which started on Feb 28 and unfold throughout the area.
A fragile ceasefire has been in place since Apr 8.
Iran’s international ministry has mentioned Tehran and Washington reached understandings on many points in exchanges over a deal for ending the warfare, however warned an settlement was not but imminent.
On Tuesday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards mentioned they’d downed a US drone and shot at different plane making an attempt to enter the nation’s airspace, with out specifying when the incidents passed off.
In an announcement, the Guards additional warned “in opposition to any violation of the ceasefire by the aggressor US army and considers its proper to reciprocal response legit and sure”.
On Monday, the US Central Command mentioned forces attacked missile websites in southern Iran and boats making an attempt to put mines, regardless of the ceasefire.
Iran has not formally confirmed the US assault however state media reported blasts within the southern port metropolis of Bandar Abbas with out specifying their supply.
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, succeeded his father Ali Khamenei who was killed within the opening US-Israel strikes of Feb 28, triggering retaliatory assaults by Tehran throughout the area.
