Arabic → English transcript

And this anger, Mr.

Araghchi, do you not fear it might turn into a problem with countries you have

described as friendly and neighboring, especially the countries that led

long mediations between you and other states? Do you not fear losing this

relationship, especially with mediating countries like Qatar,

like the Sultanate of Oman?

There may be some risk in that, and I called all of them, as I said, especially

the foreign ministers of Qatar and Oman. What happened in Oman was not our choice,

and we told the armed forces to be cautious about the targets

they choose. In fact, our army

units are now independent and isolated, and they operate

based on general instructions given to them in advance. So I spoke with our

military commanders to be careful about the targets they strike,

but again, this is not something against Oman or against Qatar or

against any other neighboring country, rather it is against American targets.

And we are not responsible for this problem. What happened is not our fault,

we are under attack, and our brothers expect us to sit and

watch the Americans attack us. And they use these bases, facilities,

and installations that are on their land And we should stay silent?

Of course they will not like that So if they want this to stop, as we want it

to stop they should speak to the United States and other countries in the

region and put pressure on them to

stop this war which came without prior provocation and without

prior aggression from Iran We are now under attack, and I hope our brothers in

the region will accept this clear point and understand our position as

neighboring countries with whom we have good relations because we are doing this

only to protect ourselves and defend ourselves