Countries can avoid Iranian attacks only by blocking US-Israeli use of territory: Official

Ayatollah Alireza A’rafi, who sits on a three-member council running Iran until a new Leader is elected, warned that countries in the region must block the use of their territory by 'the enemies of Iran' if they wish to remain safe from Iranian reprisal attacks.

“A senior Iranian official says countries in the region must block the use of their territory by the enemies of Iran if they want to remain safe from Iran's reprisal attacks”

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A’rafi said on Sunday that Iran is serious in its warnings about targeting US- or Israeli-related targets in other countries if those countries allow attacks on Iran, adding "(Iran) does not hesitate to attack enemies and their bases."

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The article says Iran has continued to launch attacks on US military bases and assets in regional countries as part of its retaliation for ongoing US and Israeli attacks on Iranian territory.

It states that the retaliatory attacks started on February 28, just hours after the US and Israel allegedly launched an aerial aggression on Iran by assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several senior military commanders.

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The article says Tehran has indicated the strikes will continue under the conditions A'rafi described.

According to the piece, Iranian reprisal attacks have successfully targeted many locations in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military bases in several countries neighboring Iran.

“A senior Iranian official says countries in the region must block the use of their territory by the enemies of Iran if they want to remain safe from Iran's reprisal attacks”

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The article reports that those countries have criticized the attacks and called on Iran to stop.

Iranian authorities have said the attacks will only stop when those countries stop allowing the US and Israel to use their territory and airspace to carry out attacks on Iran.

A’rafi’s remarks came a day after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, another member of the interim leadership council, said he was personally sorry for the attacks that have targeted Persian Gulf countries.

The article quotes cleric A’rafi saying Iran will stand with Muslim countries and states in the region but will not hesitate to target assets in those countries that are used to attack Iran.

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The article does not specify which neighboring countries or which specific US bases were hit, and it provides no independent detail about the alleged assassinations it attributes to the US and Israel.