Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran’s retaliatory missile attack on the occupied territories aimed to stop Israeli brutality, stop its efforts to spread conflicts in the region and establish peace and tranquility.

Pezeshkian made the remark in a phone conversation with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof on Sunday, after Iran launched hundreds of missiles towards Israeli military, and espionage and intelligence bases all over the occupied territories on October 1 as part of Operation True Promise II.
 
The operation came in response to the regime’s assassinations of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, and Brigadier General Abbas Nilforushan, the Deputy Commander for Operations of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).
 
Pezeshkian said Iran carried out the missile attack in order to curb Israel’s brutality, stop its efforts to spread conflicts in the region and establish peace and tranquility.
 
The operation was in accordance with the United Nations Charter and based on international legal frameworks and only hit military targets, he added.
 
He emphasized that Iran had refrained from giving an immediate response to Israel’s terrorist crime in assassinating Haniyeh in Tehran and violating its national sovereignty in the hope that diplomatic bids would lead to the establishment of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
 
Elsewhere in his remarks, Pezeshkian said Iran seeks to develop balanced relations with all countries, including Western states, and has no intention to wage war and create tensions.
 
The Dutch prime minister, for his part, said his country strongly believes that the region cannot bear more tensions and has called on all parties to prevent the escalation of conflicts.
 
Schoof added that the Netherlands has urged Israel to accept a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and has supported the US proposal for the establishment of a ceasefire in Lebanon.
 
He emphasized that his country welcomes Iran’s policy on improving relations with European countries and stressed the need to take tangible steps in this regard.