Iran President Pezeshkian Apologizes for Gulf Strikes — Warns Attacks Will Continue
Iran’s president apologized to neighboring countries for recent missile attacks — but the strikes appear to be continuing.
In a televised address, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would stop targeting nearby states unless those countries allow attacks on Iran from their territory, according to reporting from the Associated Press.
The apology came after Iranian missiles and drones targeted several Gulf nations including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as the regional war expanded.
Pezeshkian said Iran’s interim leadership council had decided to halt attacks on neighboring countries and pursue diplomacy, but only if those nations are not used as launch points for U.S. or Israeli strikes against Iran.
“I should apologize to the neighboring countries that were attacked by Iran,” Pezeshkian said during the broadcast address.
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The conflict erupted after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, triggering retaliatory attacks across the Middle East and sending oil prices and regional tensions sharply higher.
Despite the president’s message of restraint, international reporting suggests Iran’s Revolutionary Guard — which controls much of the country’s missile arsenal — may not be fully under the political leadership’s control.
That uncertainty has fueled doubts about whether Tehran can actually stop the attacks even if the government publicly calls for de-escalation.
The war is now entering its second week, with U.S., Israeli and Iranian forces continuing strikes across multiple countries.
For now, the region is watching closely to see whether Iran’s conditional ceasefire holds — or whether the conflict expands even further.
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