Iran’s Pezeshkian Says Tehran ‘Not Looking for War’ After US Attack on Larak Island
Pezeshkian said Iran will respond decisively to any further attacks as tensions rise after U.S. strikes on Iranian targets.
- On Monday, August 31, 2026, Iran's military launched dozens of explosive drones at Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE, retaliating for a US strike on Larak Island that occurred Sunday.
- U.S. Central Command stated the Sunday operation targeted minelaying forces on Larak Island that posed an "imminent threat" to the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran "is not looking for war" while promising a "decisive response" to any aggression, as he traveled to Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Sunday that the administration is accelerating economic sanctions against banks, warning, "You're going to see a lot more of these every week."
- Amid the six-month-old West Asia war, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed Monday it shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Gulf.
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While Trump posted a video made with the AI where Kharg ends up in rubble, Iranian President Pezeshkian says: "We are not looking for war, but we will react to aggressions."
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TEHRAN (ANP/RTR/AFP) - Iran has condemned the American attack on the island of Larak. According to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the subsequent counterattacks by Iranian troops were "legitimate self-defense". The US reportedly shelled Larak because Iran had military preparations there...
This Sunday's U.S. attack is the first military action against Tehran in about a month. Iran's President says that the country "will respond forcefully to the attacks."
Iran said today that it responded in “legitimate defense” to new US attacks, the first in a month, and denounced an “attack.” Tehran “strongly condemns the US military attack on (the island of) Larak,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding that Iranian forces responded “exercising the right to legitimate defense” and targeted bases used by the United States in the region, Jordan and the Emirates. Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΑ
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