Iran Judiciary Chief says it would continue strikes on Neighbours aiding those it called enemies will continue...

Iran’s hardline judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic would continue targeting regional countries whose territory it says is being used by its enemies to launch attacks against Iran.

“Evidence from Iran’s armed forces shows that the geography of some countries in the region is openly and covertly at the disposal of the enemy,” Ejei said.

He added that the government and other pillars of Iran’s political system were united on the issue, warning that “heavy attacks on these targets will continue.”

Ejei is a member of the interim leadership council installed after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S.–Israeli strikes that triggered the current conflict on Feb. 28.

Iran has since launched strikes against some Gulf neighbours in response to the aerial offensive. Some of the attacks have hit civilian infrastructure, although Tehran says it targets only U.S. assets or military bases in the region.

A total of 13 people, including seven civilians, have been killed in Gulf countries since the war began. Among the victims was an 11-year-old girl who died in Kuwait after being struck by debris in a residential neighbourhood.

Earlier on Saturday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised for Tehran’s attacks on neighbouring countries and said Iran would exercise restraint unless their territory was used to launch strikes against it.

Gulf states have said their territory has not been used for attacks on Iran and had previously stated they would not permit such operations.

However, Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said peace would remain elusive in the region as long as U.S. bases were present.

“As long as American bases exist in the region, countries will not see peace,” he said, adding that Iranian officials and citizens were united on the issue.