{"id":42842,"date":"2026-03-07T09:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42842"},"modified":"2026-03-07T09:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:04:28","slug":"iran-says-will-not-target-neighbours-unless-attacked-from-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42842","title":{"rendered":"Iran says will not target neighbours unless attacked from them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Iran\u2019s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that the country\u2019s neighbours will not be targeted unless attacks originate from their territory during the ongoing conflict with Israel and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe interim leadership council agreed yesterday that no more attacks will be made on neighbouring countries and no missiles will be fired unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries,\u201d Pezeshkian said in a speech broadcast on state television.<\/p>\n<p>In the same address, he apologised for attacks that had impacted neighbouring states during the conflict. \u201cI apologise\u2026 to the neighbouring countries that were attacked by Iran,\u201d Pezeshkian said, reaffirming Tehran\u2019s commitment to avoiding further escalation beyond its borders.<\/p>\n<p>The council has been guiding Iran since US and Israeli strikes killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week, triggering a broader Middle East war.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Iran confirmed that a new supreme leader will be chosen according to its constitutional process and \u201cwithout any foreign interference,\u201d as the war entered its second week amid uncertainty over when hostilities might end. Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani emphasised that the decision would be made \u201csolely by the will of the Iranian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes after US President Donald Trump demanded Tehran\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d and suggested that Washington should have a role in selecting the next Iranian leader. Trump\u2019s remarks followed Pezeshkian\u2019s social media statements indicating that unnamed countries had begun mediation efforts, briefly raising hopes of a diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. \u201cAfter that, and the selection of a GREAT &amp; ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Pakistani convicted of plotting to kill Trump over death of Iran commander<\/p>\n<p>Civilians have been severely affected. \u201cWe\u2019re sleeping here in the streets\u2014some in cars, some on the street, some on the beach,\u201d said Jamal Seifeddin, 43, who fled Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>Around 300,000 people have been displaced, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council. Lebanese authorities report 123 dead and 683 wounded from Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p>European and US stock markets fell, and oil prices hit multi-year highs, with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed. About one-fifth of global daily oil shipments pass through the strait.<\/p>\n<p>Washington said it would provide reinsurance for losses up to $20 billion in the Gulf to support oil and gas shippers, and Trump indicated the US Navy could escort ships in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards responded that Tehran \u201cwelcomes\u201d any US presence, and Russia is reportedly supplying Iran with intelligence on US military movements.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has described the conflict as an unprovoked attack and Khamenei\u2019s killing as an assassination.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is accelerating weapons production as stockpiles deplete. On Friday, Trump met with executives from seven defence contractors to speed up production. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said the US has sufficient weapons for the campaign, expected to last four to six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department approved $151.8 million in munitions sales to Israel, bypassing the usual congressional review, citing an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>US military investigators are examining a strike on an Iranian girls\u2019 school that killed dozens on the first day of the war. Officials told Reuters it is likely US forces were responsible, though a final conclusion has not been reached.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that the country\u2019s neighbours will not be targeted unless attacks originate from their territory during the ongoing conflict with Israel and the United States. \u201cThe interim leadership council agreed yesterday that no more attacks will be made on neighbouring countries and no missiles will be fired unless an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}