Araghchi: Middle East States Helping Attack Iran Bear Direct Responsibility

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Middle East states that helped facilitate attacks on Iran bear direct responsibility for the aggression, according to TASS. He said responsibility \"also rests squarely with those regional states that enabled and facilitated the aggression by opening their territory, military bases, airspace, and logistical and intelligence infrastructure to the aggressors.\"

TASS's report did not specify which states Araghchi was referring to by name, nor did it detail the specific attacks on Iran that prompted the remarks.

Remarks come amid heightened regional tension

The report did not indicate the setting in which Araghchi made the comments or provide additional context on when the alleged facilitation occurred.

It also did not include responses from any regional governments to the accusation, or specify what consequences, if any, Iran might seek to impose on the states it holds responsible.

Araghchi has repeatedly used public statements to assign blame for attacks on Iran to both the states he says carried them out directly and those he says provided support, part of a broader pattern of Iranian officials addressing the aftermath of recent regional hostilities.

Further details on the incidents referenced and the states implicated were not included in the available report.