Iran vows all means to defend country, continue strikes

Middle East Eye · August 2, 2026 War

Iran vows all means to defend country, continue strikes Iran’s foreign ministry said the country would use all means to “legitimately defend the nation’s rights and security”. In a statement carried by IRNA, the ministry said the defensive strikes by the “brave Iranian armed forces will continue with full might” as “the American enemy is committing acts of aggression against Iran through a continued naval blockade of Iranian ports”. The statement said the US was “persisting in its bad faith regarding the implementation of the agreement to end the war” through “brutal attacks on various regions of the country, intensified economic pressure, and illegal threats”.

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