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Iran says Tehran has ‘duty’ to defend itself after Israeli strikes, but sources say no response planned
Iran says it is obliged to defend itself after Israeli retaliatory strikes hit military targets and reportedly killed two soldiers in the Islamic Republic early this morning.
“Iran has the right and the duty to defend itself against foreign acts of aggression,” the Iran foreign ministry says in a statement, citing Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
The statement comes as Sky News Arabia quotes anonymous sources as saying that Iran has informed Israel through a foreign mediator that it will not respond to the overnight strikes.
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