“If the Zionist regime makes another mistake and wants to again carry out the tiniest act of aggression against Iranian soil, it should know that a response will be given that will make the regime and its supporters regret [their action],” the president said on Thursday as he addressed people in the city of Shahroud, Semnan Province, during his provincial trip.  

Referring to the weekend attack by the Iranian armed forces against the Israeli regime’s military targets, the president said that the True Promise Operation was conducted to punish the regime for its strike against the Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria on April 1. 

He also said that he has told some Western states, during in-person and phone negotiations, that the era of bullying has ended and they should stop using the language of force against the Iranian nation. 

Raisi noted that Iran has never left and will never leave the negotiating table over its nuclear energy program. 

Elsewhere in his remarks, the president said that the world and Islamic countries have today realized the Islamic Republic’s rightness in defending Palestine and opposing the Zionist regime. 

He said that the Iranian people are advocating freedom and independence and are opposed to cruelty and arrogance, adding that hostilities to the nation are because of its right stance and resistance against global arrogance.