Iran's Foreign Ministry on the 14th (local time) strongly condemned Israel's airstrike on Beirut, Lebanon, saying it violated the cease-fire agreement between the United States and Iran.
According to Iran's WANA news agency, the ministry said in a statement that it "strongly condemns the act of military aggression carried out by the Zionist regime (Israel) targeting a residential area in Beirut's Dahiyeh," and "as a result of this terrorist act, many Lebanese citizens were martyred (killed) or injured."
It added, "This terrorist crime not only blatantly violated Lebanon's national sovereignty and territory, but also seriously violated the cease-fire agreement concluded between Iran and the United States on Apr. 8."
The ministry also warned, "The U.S. government bears direct responsibility for the crimes committed by the Israeli regime and its repeated cease-fire violations targeting Lebanon and Iran," adding, "Iran will take all necessary measures to exercise its inherent right of lawful self-defense."
It continued, "Full responsibility for the perilous consequences that the Israeli regime's reckless provocations will have on regional peace and security will rest entirely with the United States and the Israeli regime."
Earlier, Israel claimed that three Hezbollah drones infiltrated its territory and that, in response, it struck a command post of Hezbollah, a pro-Iran armed faction, on the southern outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon.
In response, Mohammad Jafar Asadi, deputy commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which oversees Iran's armed forces, said, "We will not turn a blind eye to Israel's criminal acts and will certainly retaliate."