{"id":332711,"date":"2026-11-04T07:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=332711"},"modified":"2026-11-04T09:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T09:29:37","slug":"in-case-of-nuclear-strike-irans-hands-not-tied-deputy-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=332711","title":{"rendered":"In case of nuclear strike, Iran\u2019s \u2018hands not tied\u2019: Deputy FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Centrifuges at Iran&#8217;s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PressTV \u2013 Nov 3, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Iran&#8217;s deputy foreign minister\u00a0warns that in the event of a nuclear strike against the Islamic Republic, the country\u2019s \u201chands are not tied,\u201d saying Tehran would naturally take the necessary measures in accordance with such circumstances. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran would not simply stand by and limit itself to pursuing legal measures\u00a0at the international level if nuclear weapons were used against the country,\u201d Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The diplomat cautioned that any official threat by a nuclear-armed entity to use nuclear weapons against Iran would undermine the credibility of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tehran: Anti-Semitism has no place in Iranian culture; nuclear threats strengthen nation\u2019s resolve https:\/\/t.co\/tq5Vq6rDgT https:\/\/t.co\/wCPFSetI7z<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressTV\/status\/2117208849883021811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf the head of state or a military or political official of a nuclear-armed country that is party to the treaty threatened to use such weapons, the NPT regime would no longer retain credibility,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gharibabadi, this could encourage countries to take the necessary decisions to defend themselves by any means available, warning of the regional and global consequences of such threats.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018All targets within reach\u2019: Iran Army warns news US aggression will spread war beyond West Asia https:\/\/t.co\/uRsy6NlO7W https:\/\/t.co\/7gSIgbCxej<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressTV\/status\/2116859362375245881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He, however, noted that Tehran had so far received no official position from US officials regarding threats reported by some Western media outlets about the possible use of nuclear weapons against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, he said Iran had activated available legal mechanisms to pursue the American-Israeli attacks that had targeted its nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018Iran maintains its proposed plan as basis for diplomacy\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Gharibabadi also touched on a \u201cSeven-Day Plan\u201d that Iran presented to the United States through mediators on the sidelines of the latest meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official, Iran continues to view the plan that addresses the likelihood of reopening the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 which Iran has closed in the face of American violations \u2013 as the basis for diplomatic efforts.<\/p>\n<p>He said Iran\u2019s requirements were clear and that a diplomatic understanding could be reached if they were met.<\/p>\n<p>The diplomat added that the requirements had largely been reflected in the Islamabad memorandum of understanding that was reached between Tehran and Washington in June.<\/p>\n<p>The MoU was signed by the countries\u2019 presidents with the stated aim of ending the cycle that had arisen out of the latest round of unwarranted American-Israeli aggression against Iran, but was soon violated by the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain in a state of war, and from the perspective of the Islamic Republic, the aggression against our country has not ended,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gharibabadi said that Iran retained its right to self-defense until the military aggression had ended completely and permanently, and called on the other side to adhere to Iran\u2019s timeframe and requirements if it genuinely sought a diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Iran would approach the issue of negotiations with the same seriousness it expected from Washington if the United States was genuinely prepared to pursue diplomacy, he stated. However, he warned that if Washington pursued other scenarios, Iran would defend itself with greater resolve and intensity.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Legal cases on Leader\u2019s martyrdom, assault on Dena vessel<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Elsewhere in his remarks, Gharibabadi outlined the Foreign Ministry\u2019s efforts to pursue legal cases concerning US and Israeli atrocities against Iran, announcing that the case concerning the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei during the latest aggression had been added to the legal review agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside those efforts, the Foreign Ministry\u2019s team of legal experts had placed the deadly American attack that targeted Iran\u2019s Dena frigate in international waters during the aggression on the agenda too, the official noted.<\/p>\n<p>He added that bringing the cases before international courts was among Iran\u2019s priority objectives.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018US elections do not affect\u00a0Iran\u2019s policies\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Gharibabadi also addressed whether US elections could affect Iran\u2019s foreign policy, saying Tehran did not formulate its policies around electoral developments in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>He said US elections were a matter for the American people, adding, \u201cWe make decisions and take action based on what we determine to be in the interests of our country and its national security, without being influenced by external factors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.co.uk\/Detail\/2026\/11\/03\/779839\/in-case-of-nuclear-strike-irans-hands-not-tied-senior-diplomat\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The implication being that if Iran were struck by nuclear weapons it would develop its own with which to retaliate. Until recently it was thought to be weeks away from being able to build nuclear weapons but didn\u2019t because the late Ayatollah Khamenei deemed them contrary to Islamic law. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":326958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-posts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=332711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332735,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332711\/revisions\/332735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/326958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=332711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=332711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=332711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}