TEHRAN, Aug 29 (NNN-IRNA) – The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, denounced yesterday, the mention by U.S. President Joe Biden, of “other options” to be used against Iran, “if diplomacy fails,” as “illegal threats.”
“The first meeting between (Israeli Prime Minister) Naftali Bennett and Biden, and the emphasis on using ‘Other Options’ against Iran, while being an illegal threat to another country, establishes the Islamic Republic of Iran’s right, to reciprocal response to ‘Available Options,'” Shamkhani tweeted in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.
Biden said, in a meeting with Bennett on Friday that, the U.S. was committed “to ensure Iran never develops a nuclear weapon,” adding that, Washington would be “putting diplomacy first” and was “ready to turn to other options.”
For his part, Bennett said, he was “happy” to hear Biden’s “clear words,” emphasising that, there are “other options,” if diplomacy “doesn’t work out,” according to a release published on the White House’s official website.
Also on Friday, Zahra Ershadi, the charge d’affaires ad interim of Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations, delivered a letter to the UN Security Council, warning against Israel’s “threats” against Iran’s nuclear programme.
