Iran will have ‘zero restraint’ if its infrastructure attacked, says foreign minister

ISTANBUL

Iran will have "zero restraint" if its infrastructure is attacked, the country's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday amid an ongoing escalation in the region.

"We have intelligence on Israeli plans to strike infrastructure. Once again: Zero restraint if our infrastructure is attacked," Araghchi wrote on the US social media company X, posting a video featuring remarks by US President Donald Trump.

The Iranian people "are men and women of principles," he said, adding: "Iranians do not sneak attack adversaries while engaged in dialogue. Only when attacked do we powerfully respond."

In the video posted by Araghchi, Trump was seen as saying that he believed Iran was going to attack the US based on what he was told by top US officials.

"If we didn't do this at the time we did it, I think they had in mind to attack us," the US president added.

Since Israel and the US launched joint attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, so far killing some 1,300 people, including then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hostilities have escalated.

⁠Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf countries hosting US military assets, causing casualties and damage to infrastructure while also disrupting global markets and aviation.